James 3:8 KJV — MannaFest

James 3:8

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

KJV

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ASV

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

WEB

but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

YLT

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

DBT

but the tongue can no one among men tame; [it is] an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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11 verses on the floor

Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
James 3:6
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.
Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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no man--literally, "no one of men": neither can a man control his neighbor's, nor even his own tongue. Hence the truth of Jas 3:2 appears. unruly evil--The Greek, implies that it is at once restless and incapable of restraint.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

True wisdom makes men meek, and avoiders of strife and envy: and hereby it may easily be distinguished from a wisdom that is earthly and hypocritical,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

No man can tame the tongue without supernatural grace and assistance." The apostle does not intend to represent it as a thing impossible, but as a thing extremely difficult, which therefore will require great watchfulness, and pains, and prayer, to keep it in due order. And sometimes all is too little; for it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JAS 3:8JAS 3:6 PSA 120:2-3
JAS 3:8JAS 3:6 PRO 16:27
JAS 3:8JAS 3:6 MRK 7:15
JAS 3:8ROM 3:13 PSA 5:9
JAS 3:8PSA 55:21 PSA 57:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JAS 3:8ROM 3:13 PSA 140:3
JAS 3:8JAS 3:6 MAT 15:11-20
JAS 3:8JAS 3:6 PRO 15:1

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