They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
James 3:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. More versionsKing 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 have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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:
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.