OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 30:8

The Holy Bible · English
All chapters

Read all chapter notes ↗

Bilingual reading
Text

Open an explanation beneath verses with notes. Your notes and highlights stay on this device.

8

An unbroken horse becomes stubborn. An unrestrained son becomes headstrong.

ExplanationCommentary
EXPLANATION

Verse 8. Horse. A colt full of spirit, when properly broken in, will answer best, so a proper education corrects impetuous tempers. Plut. apop. in Them.

Read all chapter notes
Read the whole chapter