because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nor could anyone subdue him.
James 3:7 - Modern King James Version For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of sea-animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea animal, can be tamed and has been tamed by human genius (nature). American Standard Version (1901) For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind: Common English Bible People can tame and already have tamed every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and fish. Catholic Public Domain Version For the nature of all beasts and birds and serpents and others is ruled over, and has been ruled over, by human nature. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For every nature of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the nature of man: |
because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nor could anyone subdue him.
in which were all the four-footed animals of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the heaven.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.
But no one can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.