James 3:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.

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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.

James 3:3 Cross References

2 Kings 19:28

Because your raging against Me and your arrogance reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose, and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came.”

Job 41:13

His breath sets coals ablaze and flames dart from his mouth.

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding, and must be held in with bit and bridle or they will not come to you.”

Psalm 39:1

For the music director, for Jeduthun, a psalm of David.

Isaiah 37:29

Because your raging against Me and your arrogance reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose, and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way that you came.”

James 1:26

If anyone thinks he is religious and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is futile.

James 3:4

See also the ships—though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.