James 3:3 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

Behold, we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they will obey us, and we guide their entire bodies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

If we set bits in the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

Common English Bible

When we bridle horses and put bits in their mouths to lead them wherever we want, we can control their whole bodies.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For so we put bridles into the mouths of horses, in order to submit them to our will, and so we turn their whole body around.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.

James 3:3 Cross References

James 1:26

If anyone among you considers himself to be religious but does not bridle his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

James 3:4

Or take ships for example, though they are so large and driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot directs.