James 3:5
King James Version
Translation: KJV
3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.Select James 3:3
4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.Select James 3:4
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!Select James 3:5
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.Select James 3:6
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:Select James 3:7
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WEB
3:5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
ASV
3:5 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
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