3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.
5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
3:3For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
3:3Now if we put the horses bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
3:3Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.
3:3Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
3:3Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
3:3Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
3:3lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;
3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.