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

³ 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

³ Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ If we set bits in the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

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.