They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah
James 3:8 - American Standard Version (1901) but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. 更多版本King 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. |
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.