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


In Context

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.

10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

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 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 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.