James
King James Version (KJV)
James 3:8
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
King James Version (KJV)
James 3:8 Context
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
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Translation Details for James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Other Translations for James 3:8
Bible Commentary for James 3:8
Wesley's Notes for James 3:8
3:8 But no man can tame the tongue - Of another; no, nor his own, without peculiar help from God.
People's Bible Notes for James 3:8
Jas 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame. Man has never tamed this organ as a whole. Some may have ruled their own, but the organ itself still does its evil work in the world. [It is] an unruly evil. Not only an evil, but unruly. Generally used. Full of deadly poison. Often charged with malice, envy, anger, slander, etc.
But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euill, ful of deadly poyson.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But no one can tame the tongue; {it is} a restless evil {and} full of deadly poison.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But the tongue can no man tame; `it is' a restless evil, `it is' full of deadly poison.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
- Basic English Bible
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
but the tongue can no one among men tame; [it is] an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.
- Darby Bible
But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.
- English Revised Version
But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- World English Bible