James 3:3 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³ Consider that we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ 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 thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this [man ]is useless.

James 3:4

Consider also the ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the pilot desires.