3Now if we put the horses bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.


In Context

1 Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

2 For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

3 Now if we put the horses bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.

5 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

James 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.