James 3:8 - Compare All Versions

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This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can’t tame a tongue—it’s never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth!

but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.

but no one can tame the tongue. It is wild and evil and full of deadly poison.

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

But no one can tame the human tongue; it is a restless evil [undisciplined, unstable], full of deadly poison.

but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.

but the tongue is not able to be tamed. It’s a fickle, unrestrained evil that spews out words full of toxic poison!

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.