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NASB | Psalm 32:9 Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 32:9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. |
Bible Question (short): Can Animals Think? |
Question (full): (There goes LooseCannon again, talking about dumb animals!) Someone has said, "This verse does not refer to animals being able to think..." Read the verse, and see what it says. Apart from whatever else this verse teaches, is it true that this verse does NOT refer to animals being able to think? The verse says, "...which have no understanding..." So, what things have no understanding, according to this verse? The horse and the mule. So then, does this verse not affirm that the horse and mule have no understanding, or should this phrase be removed from Scripture as a meaningless phrase? However brief the phase may be, it is stating a truth. Horses and mules (at least) have no understanding. Now I believe this is a statement that can be applied to animals in general, but some would take a clear and literal statement and spiritualize it. Or it seems that this affirmation is being discounted because it's only a subordinate clause in a long sentence. But does it make sense to ignore an affirmation because it's contained in a subordinate clause? One would loose a lot of great truths if one ignored all the subordinate clauses in Ehp 1, because v. 1-14 is one long sentence! Peace, Lionstrong |
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