James 3:8
King James Version (KJV)
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
In context
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:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
James 3:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
- WEB World English Bible
- but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- ASV American Standard Version
- but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,
- DBY Darby Translation
- but the tongue can no one among men tame; [it is] an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.