James 3:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

If we set bits in the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

When we bridle horses and put bits in their mouths to lead them wherever we want, we can control their whole bodies.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.

English Standard Version 2016

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

James 3:3 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 19:28

You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears. And so, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will lead you back along the way by which you came.

Job 41:13

Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.

Psalm 32:9

For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.

Psalm 39:1

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

Isaiah 37:29

When you became angry against me, your arrogance rose up to my ears. Therefore, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will turn you back on the road by which you arrived.

James 1:26

But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one's religion is vanity.

James 3:4

Consider also the ships, which, though they are great and may be driven by strong winds, yet they are turned around with a small rudder, to be directed to wherever the strength of the pilot might will.