1 Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
1 (A)Let not many of you become teachers, (B)my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a (a)stricter judgment.
1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
1 Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,(A)
1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.
2 For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature.
2 For we all (C)stumble in many ways. (D)If anyone does not stumble in (b)what he says, he is a (E)perfect man, able to (F)bridle the whole body as well.
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
2 for we all stumble in many ways.(B) If anyone does not stumble in what he says,(a) he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body.(b)(C)
2 For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.
3 Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
3 Now (G)if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
3 Now when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us,(D) we also guide the whole animal.(c)
3 Now if we put bits into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies as well.
4 So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm chooses.
4 Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
4 And consider ships: Though very large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.
4 And look at ships! They are so big that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the helmsman directs.
5 In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.
5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it (H)boasts of great things.(I)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
5 So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things.(E) Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.
5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.
6 And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna.
6 And (J)the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which (K)defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our (c)life, and is set on fire by (d)(L)hell.
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 of hell.
6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body,(F) sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.
6 The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7 For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
7 For every (e)species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human (f)race.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
7 Every sea creature, reptile, bird, or animal is tamed and has been tamed by man,
7 For all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures can be or have been tamed by humans,
9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in God's likeness.
9 With it we bless (N)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, (O)who have been made in the likeness of God;
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
9 We praise our(d) Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God’s likeness with it.(H)
9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in God's likeness.
10 Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.
10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
10 Praising and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers, these things should not be this way.
10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. It should not be like this, my brothers!
11 In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
11 Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening?
11 A spring cannot pour both fresh and brackish water from the same opening, can it?
12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine yield figs? No; and neither can salt water yield sweet.
12 (P)Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce (h)fresh.
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water.
12 My brothers, a fig tree cannot produce olives, nor a grapevine figs, can it? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
13 Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.
13 Who among you is wise and understanding? (Q)Let him show by his (R)good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
13 Who is wise and has understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom’s gentleness.(I)
13 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his noble conduct that his actions are done humbly and wisely.
14 But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
14 But if you have bitter (S)jealousy and (i)selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against (T)the truth.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.(J)
14 But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.
15 That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.
15 This wisdom is not that which comes down (U)from above, but is (V)earthly, (j)(W)natural, (X)demonic.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
15 That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.
16 For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
16 For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
16 For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
17 The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.
17 But the wisdom (Z)from above is first (AA)pure, then (AB)peaceable, (AC)gentle, (m)reasonable, (AD)full of mercy and good fruits, (AE)unwavering, without (AF)hypocrisy.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.(L)
17 However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
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