[和合本] 我们若把嚼环放在马嘴里，叫它顺服，就能调动它的全身。
[新标点] 我们若把嚼环放在马嘴里，叫它顺服，就能调动它的全身。
[和合修] 我们若把嚼环放在马嘴里使它们驯服，就能控制它们的全身。
[新译本] 我们若把嚼环扣入马嘴，使它们驯服，就能驾驭它们的全身。
[当代修] 我们如果把嚼环放在马嘴里，便可以使它顺服，驾驭它。
[现代修] 我们把嚼环放在马嘴里，就能使它驯服，驱使它到我们要去的地方。
[吕振中] 我们若把马嚼环放在马咀里，使他们顺服我们，便能调导它们的全身。
[思高本] 试看，我们把嚼环放在马嘴里，就可叫它们顺服我们，调动它们的全身。
[文理本] 若置勒于马口、使之驯服、则可驭其一身、
[GNT] We put a bit into the mouth of a horse to make it obey us, and we are able to make it go where we want.
[BBE] For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.
[KJV] Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
[NKJV] Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
[KJ21] Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
[NASB] Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their whole body as well.
[NRSV] If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies.
[WEB] Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
[ESV] If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
[NIV] When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
[NIrV] All of us get tripped up in many ways. Suppose someone is never wrong in what he says. Then he is a perfect man. He is able to keep his whole body under control.
[HCSB] Now when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide the whole animal.
[CSB] Now when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide the whole animal.
[AMP] If we set bits in the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about.
[NLT] We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.
[YLT] lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;