American Standard Version
"Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. "
— James 3:3, American Standard Version
“Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.”
“Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.”
“And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.”
“For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us: and we turn about their whole body.”
“Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.”
“Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.”
Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.
So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
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.