3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!


In Context

1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.

3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.