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


In Context

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:

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

9 With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God.

10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless 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 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.