James 3:7
5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
- KJV
- For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
- WEB
- For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
- ASV
- For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.
- DARBY
- For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;
- BLB
- For every nature both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued and has been subdued by the human race,
- ÅB
- For all natur, både i dyr og i fugler, både i ormer og i sjødyr, temmes og er blitt temmet av den menneskelige natur;
- OTB
- Alle slags dyr, fugler, krypdyr og sjødyr blir temmet og har blitt temmet av menneskeheten,
- B1930
- For all natur, både i dyr og i fugler, både i ormer og i sjødyr, temmes og er blitt temmet av den menneskelige natur;