James 3:4 BSB — MannaFest

James 3:4

Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.

BSB

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ASV

Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Bede

Commentary on the Catholic Epistles (735)

Behold, even ships, though they are so great, and are driven by strong winds, are steered by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. The great ships on the sea are the minds of men in this life, whether good or …

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πλοῖα,	ploia	ships,	G4143 →
τηλικαῦτα	tēlikauta	so great	G5082 →
ὄντα	onta	being	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
ἀνέμων	anemōn	winds	G417 →
σκληρῶν	sklērōn	strong	G4642 →
ἐλαυνόμενα,	elaunomena	being driven,	G1643 →
μετάγεται	metagetai	are turned about	G3329 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
ἐλαχίστου	elachistou	a very small	G1646 →
πηδαλίου	pēdaliou	rudder	G4079 →
ὅπου	hopou	where	G3699 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ὁρμὴ	hormē	impulse	G3730 →
τοῦ	tou	[of the one] who	G3588 →
εὐθύνοντος	euthunontos	is steering	G2116 →
βούλεται.¶	bouletai	decides.	G1014 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jonah 1:4
Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
leads to
- Psalms 107:23–31
  Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
- Matthew 8:24–27
  Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- Exodus 14:21
  Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were…
- Psalms 135:7
  He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Through
Matthew 8:24
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
leads to
- Luke 8:23
  As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
- Jonah 1:4–5
  Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
- Psalms 107:23–27
  Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.
- Mark 4:37–38
  Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.