8But the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.


In Context

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

6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

7 For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.

8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

9 Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:

10 out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

James 3:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:8but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.