Parallel Verses
Worrell New Testament
but the tongue no man can tame; a restless evil, full of deadly poison!
New American Standard Bible
But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of
King James Version
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Holman Bible
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
International Standard Version
but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil filled with deadly poison.
A Conservative Version
But no man is able to tame the tongue of men, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
American Standard Version
But the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.
Amplified
But no one can tame the human tongue; it is a restless evil [undisciplined, unstable], full of deadly poison.
An Understandable Version
but no one can subdue the tongue. It is an uncontrollable [source of] evil and full of deadly poison.
Anderson New Testament
but the tongue no man can tame; it is an unruly evil; it is full of deadly poison.
Bible in Basic English
But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
Common New Testament
But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but who could ever tame the tongue? arm'd with deadly poison, the mischief scorns restraint.
Darby Translation
but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.
Godbey New Testament
but no one of men is able to tame the tongue; an incorrigible evil, full of deadly poison.
Goodspeed New Testament
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison.
John Wesley New Testament
But the tongue can no man tame: it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Julia Smith Translation
And the tongue none of men can tame; an ungovernable evil, full of deadly poison.
King James 2000
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Lexham Expanded Bible
but no human being is able to tame the tongue. [It is] a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Modern King James verseion
But no one can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Moffatt New Testament
no man can tame the tongue ??plague of disorder that it is, full of deadly venom!
Montgomery New Testament
no man can tame the tongue, restless evil that it is, full of deadly poison.
NET Bible
But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
New Heart English Bible
But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Noyes New Testament
but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Sawyer New Testament
but the tongue can no man tame; it is a disorderly evil, full of a deadly poison.
The Emphasized Bible
But, the tongue, none of mankind can, tame, - A restless mischief! Full of deadly poison
Thomas Haweis New Testament
but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Twentieth Century New Testament
No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!
Webster
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Weymouth New Testament
But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
Williams New Testament
but the tongue no human being can tame. It is an evil incapable of being quieted, full of deadly poison.
World English Bible
But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Worsley New Testament
but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 3:8
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Context Readings
Restraining The Tongue
7 For every nature, both of wild beasts and birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed, by mankind; 8 but the tongue no man can tame; a restless evil, full of deadly poison! 9 Therewith we bless the Lord and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the likeness of God.
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Romans 3:13
their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity! the tongue is placed among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of life, and is set on fire by Hell.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole habitable earth; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.