James 3:8

moreover, not-one is-being-enabled of{men} to-subjugate the tongue, un-hold-down-able/unrestrainable bad, replete of{death-carry-ive poison}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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 both of{[wild]animals} and of{flying-creatures}, both of{creepers/crawlers} and of{in-salts[i.e. saltwater sea creatures]} is-being-subjugated and has-been-subjugated to{the nature, the man-ly[i.e. human]};

9In to{same} we-are-good-word-ing the God and Father, and in to{same} we-are-cursing-down/against the men, the having-become according-to like-sis[i.e. state of being like] of{God}.

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Cross References

James 3:6and the tongue, [a] fire, the world of{the injustice}. The tongue is-being-stood/set-down in to{the members} of{us}, the spotting/marking the whole body, and flame-izing the wheel/track of{the become-sis[i.e. state of becoming]}, and being-flame-ized under of{the Gehenna},

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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