James 3:5
King James Version (KJV)
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
In context
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 And 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.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
James 3:5 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
- WEB World English Bible
- So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
- WBS Webster Bible
- Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!