American Standard Version
"Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: "
— James 3:9, American Standard Version
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”
“With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.”
“With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.”
“By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men who are made after the likeness of God.”
“With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.”
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.”
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?
can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.