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


In Context

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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

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

9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude 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 at the same place sweet water and bitter?

James 3:9 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.

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.