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# Do not be like a horse ... no understanding
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The writer compares people with no understanding to horses and mules. Possible meanings are 1) the writer is speaking Yahweh's words to his readers, "You all must not be like a horse ... no understanding" or 2) Yahweh is speaking to the writer as though to a group of people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# bridle and bit
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Two tools that are used by people to guide horses and mules go where the rider wants them to go.
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# where you want them to
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"where anyone wants them to go." The "you" here is singular and refers to no one in particular.
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