James 3:8 - Revised Version 1885

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

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but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison.

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.