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James Chapter 3 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV James 3:8

But the tongue can no man tame; `it is' a restless evil, `it is' full of deadly poison.
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BBE James 3:8

But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
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DARBY James 3:8

but the tongue can no one among men tame; [it is] an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.
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KJV James 3:8

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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WBT James 3:8

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WEB James 3:8

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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YLT James 3:8

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, `it is' an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - It is an unruly evil; rather restless, reading ἀκατάστατον (א, A, B) for ἀκατάσχετον of Textus Receptus (C, K, L); Vulgate, inquietum malum (cf. James 1:8). The nominatives in this verse should be noticed: "The last words are to be regarded as a kind of exclamation, and are therefore appended in an independent construction" (Winer, p. 668). A restless evil! Full of deadly poison! Compare the abrupt nominative in Philippians 3:19 with Bishop Light-feet's note. Deadly (θανατηφόρος); here only in the New Testament. In the LXX. it is found in Numbers 18:22; Job 33:23; 4 Macc. 8:17, 24; 15:23. For the figure, cf. Psalm 140:3, "They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly (or, restless) evil, full of deadly poison.--Mortiferous, bringer of death, like a poisoned dart or arrow; and therefore most suggestive of envenomed flights at the fame of others. St. James does not mean that no one can tame his own tongue, for so he would hardly be responsible for its vagaries; and lower down it is written expressly, "these things ought not so to be." The hopeless savagery of the tongue, excelling the fury of wild beasts, must be that of the liar, the traducer, and blasphemer. (Comp. Psalms 140)