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


In Context

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.

10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.

James 3:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:8but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.