James 3:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁸ but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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)

⁸ but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

Common English Bible

⁸ No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But no man is able to rule over the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:8 Cross References

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Psalm 140:3

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

James 3:6

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.

Psalm 55:21

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.

Psalm 57:4

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.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Ecclesiastes 10:11

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Deuteronomy 32:33

their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Revelation 12:9

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.

Proverbs 17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

James 3:7

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: