James 3:8

but the tongue no one can subdue; this is an evil not ordered, (and) full of the poison of death.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7For every nature of animals, and of birds, and reptiles of the sea, and of the dry land, have been subjected to the human nature;

9For by it we bless the Lord and the Father, and by it we curse men who in the likeness of Aloha were made;

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Cross References

James 3:6and the tongue is a fire, a world of sin, like a forest is the tongue itself among our members; it defileth all of our body, and burneth the course of our generations which run (forward) as a wheel, and kindleth also itself with fire.

Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13

Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 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. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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