5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!


In Context

2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offendeth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

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

4 Behold also the ships, which though they are so great, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, withersoever the governor willeth.

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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 from hell.

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

James 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Likewise 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!