3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.


In Context

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.

James 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Now if we put the horses bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.