because that when he was often bound with fetters and chains, he plucked the chains asunder, and brake the fetters in pieces: Neither could any man tame him.
James 3:7 - William Tyndale New Testament ¶ All the natures of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man. 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 that when he was often bound with fetters and chains, he plucked the chains asunder, and brake the fetters in pieces: Neither could any man tame him.
wherein were all manner of iiij. footed beasts of the earth and vermin and worms, and fouls of the air.
and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell.
But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil full of deadly poison.