James Chapter 3 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV James 3:9

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
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BBE James 3:9

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.
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DARBY James 3:9

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after [the] likeness of God.
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KJV James 3:9

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
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WEB James 3:9

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
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YLT James 3:9

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;
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James 3 : 9 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 9, 10. - Examples of the restless character of the tongue: "With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it too we curse men who are made in his image." In the first clause we should read Κύριον (א, A, B, C, Coptic, Syriac, ff, and some manuscripts of the Vulgate) for Θεόν (Receptus, with K, L, and Vulgate). Made after the similitude of God; better, likeness (ὁμοίωσις). The words, which are taken from Genesis 1:26 (καὶ εῖπεν ὁ Θεὸς ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθ ὁμοιώσιν) are added to show the greatness of the sin. Theologically they are important, as showing that the "likeness of God" in man (in whatever it may consist) was not entirely obliterated by the Fall. St. James's words would be meaningless if only Adam had been created in the image and likeness of God. So St. Paul speaks of fallen man as still "the image (εἰκών) and glory of God" (1 Corinthians 11:7; and cf. Genesis 9:6).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Therewith bless we God, even the Father.--A strange reading of this verse in the more ancient manuscripts makes it, Therewith bless we the Lord and Father. And it may serve to remind us of the oneness of our God, that thus He may be termed Lord and Saviour. His worship and praise are, as explained under James 3:6, the right use of the tongue; but, most inconsistently, therewith curse we men which have been made in the image, after the similitude, of God. See Ps. 1. 16-23, with its final words of warning to the wicked, and praise "to him that ordereth his conversation right."The "likeness of God" assuredly remains in the most abandoned and fallen; and to curse it is to invoke the wrath of its Creator. What then can be urged in defence of anathemas and fulminations of councils, or the mutual execrations of sects and schisms, in the light of these solemn words? "Though they curse, yet bless thou . . . and let them cover themselves with their own confusion" (Psalm 109:28-29).