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


In Context

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!

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, which are made after the likeness of God:

James 3:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For 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:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed of mankind: