Passage

James 3.9

Book: James · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"7. For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. 8. But the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison."

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

"10. out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11. Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?" (James 3:7-11, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"7. For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind; 8. but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison."

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

"10. Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11. Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?" (James 3:7-11, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"7. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: ^{kind: Gr. nature} ^{mankind: Gr. nature of man} 8. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison."

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

"10. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? ^{place: or, hole}" (James 3:7-11, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"7. For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature, 8. and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,"

"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;"

"10. out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen; 11. doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?" (James 3:7-11, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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