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


In Context

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.

6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

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

8 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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

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 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 English Revised 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 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: