American Standard Version
"but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. "
— James 3:8, American Standard Version
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
“But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”
“But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”
“But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.”
“But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.”
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
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.
For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.
Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?