Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
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,
International Standard Version
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.
A Conservative Version
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.
American Standard Version
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Amplified
And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by
An Understandable Version
And the tongue is [like] a fire [i.e., like that spark]. [For] the tongue, as a part of the body, is [like] the world of evil. It corrupts the entire life [of a person] and inflames the course of nature itself [i.e., it affects a person throughout his whole earthly existence], and is ignited by hell itself [i.e., the evil produced by the fiery tongue has hell as its source and destiny].
Anderson New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity. So is the tongue placed among our members, defiling the whole body, setting on fire the course of life, and being set on fire by hell.
Bible in Basic English
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
Common New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, a world of evil among the members of the body. The tongue corrupts our whole person, sets the whole course of our life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the tongue is a brand that sets the world in a combustion: it is but one of the numerous organs of the body, yet it can blast whole assemblies: tipp'd with infernal sulphur it sets the whole train of life in a blaze.
Darby Translation
and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
Godbey New Testament
The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.
Goodspeed New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell.
John Wesley New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: it is the tongue among the members which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
Julia Smith Translation
(And the tongue a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is placed in our members, defiling the whole body, and burning the wheel of creation; and burned by hell.
King James 2000
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.
Modern King James verseion
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell.
Moffatt New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, the tongue proves a very world of mischief among our members, staining the whole of the body and setting fire to the round circle of existence with a flame fed by hell.
Montgomery New Testament
And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.
NET Bible
And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence -- and is set on fire by hell.
New Heart English Bible
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 hell.
Noyes New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity! The tongue among our members is that which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Sawyer New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, the tongue is made a world of wickedness among our members, it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature and is set on fire by hell.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the tongue, is a fire, - as , the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: in such manner is the tongue placed among our members, that it defileth all the body, and setteth on fire the circle of nature; and is set on fire of hell.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.
Webster
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 from hell.
Weymouth New Testament
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.
Williams New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, and takes its place among the parts of our bodies as a world of evil; it soils the whole body and sets on fire the circle of man's nature, and itself is set on fire by hell.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
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.
Worsley New Testament
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our several parts, defiling the whole body, inflaming the course of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Defilement » What defiles a man
Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment
Everlasting » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Fire » Illustrative of » The tongue
Gehenna » Greek, the place of punishment
Hell » In the rv the greek word "gehenna" is translated "hell" in the following scriptures
Speaking, evil » General references to
Speaking, evil » Warnings against
Speech » Evil, general references to
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 3:6
Prayers for James 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Restraining The Tongue
5
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 16:27
While
Genesis 3:4-6
Leviticus 24:11
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the
Numbers 25:2
For
Numbers 31:16
Judges 12:4-6
Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim; and the men of Gilead
Judges 16:15-20
Then she said to him, “
1 Samuel 22:9-17
Then
2 Samuel 13:26-29
Then
2 Samuel 15:2-6
Absalom used to rise early and
2 Samuel 16:20-2
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What shall we do?”
2 Samuel 19:43-1
But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “
1 Kings 21:5-15
But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating
2 Chronicles 10:13-16
The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders.
2 Chronicles 13:17
Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
Psalm 64:3
They
Psalm 120:2-3
From a
Psalm 140:3
Proverbs 1:10-14
Proverbs 6:19
And one who
Proverbs 7:5
From the foreigner who
Proverbs 7:21-23
With her
Proverbs 15:1
But a
Proverbs 26:20-21
And where there is no
Isaiah 30:27
His lips are filled with
And His tongue is like a
Jeremiah 20:10
“
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be
And take our revenge on him.”
Jeremiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘
Matthew 5:22
Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man
Matthew 12:32-36
Matthew 15:11-20
Mark 7:15
Mark 7:20-22
And He was saying,
Mark 14:55-57
Now the chief priests and the whole
Luke 16:24
Acts 5:3
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has
Acts 6:13
They put forward
Acts 20:30
and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away
Romans 3:13-14
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“
Romans 16:17-18
Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such men are
Ephesians 5:3-4
But
Colossians 3:8-9
But now you also,
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
that is, the one whose
Titus 1:11
who must be silenced because they are upsetting
James 2:7
2 Peter 2:1-2
But
2 Peter 3:3
3 John 1:10
For this reason,
Jude 1:8-10
Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming,
Jude 1:15-18
Revelation 2:14-15
Revelation 12:9
And the great
Revelation 13:1-5
And the dragon stood on the sand of the
Revelation 13:14
And he
Revelation 18:23
and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was seized, and with him the
Deuteronomy 13:6
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