7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.


In Context

4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

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

6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

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

9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

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 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: