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,


In Context

4 lo, also the ships, being so great, and by fierce winds being driven, are led about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the helmsman doth counsel,

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

6 and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

7 For 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,

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

9 with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

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: