They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The poison of cobras is under their lips. Selah.
James 3:8 - The Scriptures 2009 But no man is able to tame the tongue. It is unruly, evil, filled with deadly poison. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison. American Standard Version (1901) but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. Common English Bible No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. Catholic Public Domain Version But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison. |
They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The poison of cobras is under their lips. Selah.
His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.
My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
See, they belch out with their mouth, Swords are in their lips, For who is listening?
He who has a crooked heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
If the snake bites without enchantment, then ‘the master of the tongue’ is no better!
“Their throat is an open tomb, with their tongues they have deceived,” “The poison of adders is under their lips,”
“Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the fierce venom of cobras.
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by GĕHinnom.
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to the earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him.