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


In Context

5 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

7 For every nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the nature of man:

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

9 By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness 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 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 American Standard 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 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.