James 3:9
7 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:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
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Compare
- BSB
- With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
- KJV
- Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
- WEB
- With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
- ASV
- Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
- DARBY
- Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after [the] likeness of God.
- BLB
- With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, those having been made according to the likeness of God.
- ÅB
- Med den velsigner vi Herren og Faren, og med den forbanner vi menneskene, som er skapt etter Guds bilde.
- OTB
- Med den velsigner vi vår Herre og Far, og med den forbanner vi mennesker, som er skapt i Guds bilde.
- B1930
- Med den velsigner vi Herren og Faderen, og med den forbanner vi menneskene, som er skapt efter Guds billede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Read in contextGenesis 1:26–27
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Read in contextGenesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Read in contextPsalms 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 59:12
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Read in contextGenesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Read in contextRomans 3:14
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Read in contextIsaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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