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James 3:5-7
American Standard Version
James 3:5-7
American Standard Version
5 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, [a]how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! 6 And the tongue is [b]a fire: [c]the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of [d]nature, and is set on fire by [e]hell. 7 For every [f]kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed [g]by [h]mankind:
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- James 3:5 Or, how great a forest
- James 3:6 Or, a fire, that world of iniquity: the tongue is among our members that which etc.
- James 3:6 Or, that world of iniquity, the tongue, is among our members that which etc.
- James 3:6 Or, birth
- James 3:6 Greek Gehenna.
- James 3:7 Greek nature.
- James 3:7 Or, unto
- James 3:7 Greek the human nature.
James 3:5-7
New International Version
James 3:5-7
New International Version
5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.(A) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire,(B) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(C) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(D)
7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind,
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