They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
James 3:8 - Modern King James Version But no one can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. Common English Bible No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison. |
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like the deaf adder, he stops his ear,
Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?
He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a crooked tongue falls into mischief.
Surely the snake will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
"Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they have used deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips;
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.
For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of sea-animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent called Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.