James 3:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)8 but no one can subdue the tongue. It is an uncontrollable [source of] evil and full of deadly poison. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17698 but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition8 But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)8 but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. See the chapterCommon English Bible8 No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version8 But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison. See the chapter |
And the tongue is [like] a fire [i.e., like that spark]. [For] the tongue, as a part of the body, is [like] the world of evil. It corrupts the entire life [of a person] and inflames the course of nature itself [i.e., it affects a person throughout his whole earthly existence], and is ignited by hell itself [i.e., the evil produced by the fiery tongue has hell as its source and destiny].