New American Standard Bible 1995
James 3:2-12
2For we allG537 1stumbleG4417 in manyG4183 ways. 2IfG1487 anyoneG5100 does not stumbleG4417 in 3whatG3056 he saysG3056, he is a 4perfectG5046 manG435, ableG1415 to 5bridleG5468 the wholeG3650 bodyG4983 as wellG2532. 3NowG1161 6ifG1487 we putG906 the bitsG5469 into the horses’G2462 mouthsG4750 soG1519 that they will obeyG3982 us, we directG3329 their entireG3650 bodyG4983 as wellG2532. 4LookG2400 at the shipsG4143 alsoG2532, though they are soG5082 greatG5082 and are drivenG1643 by strongG4642 windsG417, are still directedG3329 by a veryG1646 smallG1646 rudderG4079 whereverG3699 the inclinationG3730 of the pilotG2116 desiresG1014. 5SoG3779 alsoG2532 the tongueG1100 is a smallG3398 partG3196 of the body, and yet it 7boastsG850 of greatG3173 thingsG3173.
8SeeG2400 howG2245 greatG2245 a forestG5208 is setG381 aflameG381 by suchG2245 a smallG2245 fireG4442! 6And 9the tongueG1100 is a fireG4442, the very worldG2889 of iniquityG93; the tongueG1100 is setG2525 amongG1722 our membersG3196 as that which 10defilesG4695 the entireG3650 bodyG4983, and setsG5394 on fireG5394 the courseG5164 of our 11lifeG1078, and is setG5394 on fireG5394 by 1213hellG1067. 7For everyG3956 14speciesG5449 of beastsG2342 and birdsG4071, of reptilesG2062 and creaturesG1724 of the seaG1724, is tamedG1150 and has been tamedG1150 by the humanG442 15raceG5449. 8But noG3762 oneG3762G444 canG1410 tameG1150 the tongueG1100; it is a restlessG182 evilG2556 and fullG3324 of 16deadlyG2287 poisonG2447. 9With it we blessG2127 17our LordG2962 and FatherG3962, and with it we curseG2672 menG444, 18who have beenG1096 madeG1096 in the likenessG3669 of GodG2316; 10from the sameG846 mouthG4750 comeG1831 both blessingG2129 and cursingG2671. My brethrenG80, theseG3778 thingsG3778 oughtG5534 not to be thisG3779 wayG3779. 11Does a fountainG4077 sendG1032 out from the sameG846 openingG3692 both 19freshG1099 and bitterG4089 water? 1220CanG1410 a figG4808 treeG4808, my brethrenG80, produceG4160 olivesG1636, orG2228 a vineG288 produceG4160 figsG4810? NorG3777 can saltG252 waterG5204 produceG4160 21freshG1099.
Notes
- 1. James 3:2 James 2:10 ↩
- 2. James 3:2 Matt 12:34-37; James 3:2-12 ↩
- 3. James 3:2 Lit word ↩
- 4. James 3:2 James 1:4 ↩
- 5. James 3:2 James 1:26 ↩
- 6. James 3:3 Ps 32:9 ↩
- 7. James 3:5 Ps 12:3f; 73:8f ↩
- 8. James 3:5 Prov 26:20f ↩
- 9. James 3:6 Ps 120:2, 3; Prov 16:27 ↩
- 10. James 3:6 Matt 12:36f; 15:11, 18f ↩
- 11. James 3:6 Or existence, origin ↩
- 12. James 3:6 Gr Gehenna ↩
- 13. James 3:6 Matt 5:22 ↩
- 14. James 3:7 Lit nature ↩
- 15. James 3:7 Lit nature ↩
- 16. James 3:8 Ps 140:3; Eccl 10:11; Rom 3:13 ↩
- 17. James 3:9 James 1:27 ↩
- 18. James 3:9 Gen 1:26; 1 Cor 11:7 ↩
- 19. James 3:11 Lit sweet ↩
- 20. James 3:12 Matt 7:16 ↩
- 21. James 3:12 V 11, note 1 ↩
Commentaries on James 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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