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


In Context

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.

11 Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?

James 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after the likeness of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the likeness of God:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.