James 3:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ but no human being can tame the tongue—a restless 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:8 Cross References

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the poison of vipers. Selah

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

Psalm 58:4

They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

Psalm 59:7

There they are, bellowing with their mouths, and snarling with their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

Proverbs 17:20

A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open grave, they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”

Deuteronomy 32:33

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.

James 3:7

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind,

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.