James 3:8

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James 3:8


← James 3:7 James 3:8 (KJV) James 3:9 →
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:
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

ButG1161 the tongueG1100 canG1410 noG3762 manG444 tameG1150; it is an unrulyG183 evilG2556, fullG3324 of deadlyG2287 poisonG2447.


Original Greek

τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
τὴν
tēn G3588 T-ASF the
δὲ
de G1161 CONJ But
γλῶσσαν
glōssan G1100 N-ASF tongue
οὐδεὶς
oudeis G3762 A-NSM-N no
δύναται
dunatai G1410 V-PNI-3S can
ἀνθρώπων
anthrōpōn G444 N-GPM man
δαμάσαι·
damasai G1150 V-AAN tame
ἀκατάσχετον
akatascheton G183 A-NSN an unruly
κακόν,
kakon G2556 A-NSN evil
μεστὴ
mestē G3324 A-NSF full
ἰοῦ
iou G2447 N-GSM poison
θανατηφόρου.
thanatēphorou G2287 A-GSM of deadly
Strong's References
  • G183 — ἀκατάσχετος (akatáschetos, ak-at-as'-khet-os): from Α (A) G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of κατέχω (katéchō) G2722; unrestrainable; unruly
  • G444 — ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, anth'-ro-pos): from ἀνήρ (anḗr) G435 and ὤψ (ṓps) (the countenance; from ὀπτάνομαι (optánomai) G3700); man-faced, i.e. a human being; certain, man
  • G1100 — γλῶσσα (glōssa, gloce-sah'): of uncertain affinity; the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired); tongue
  • G1150 — δαμάζω (damázō, dam-ad'-zo): a variation of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to tame; tame
  • G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.; also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English)
  • G1410 — δύναμαι (dýnamai, doo'-nam-ahee): of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible; be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power
  • G2287 — θανατήφορος (thanatḗphoros, than-at-ay'-for-os): from (the feminine form of) θάνατος (thánatos) G2288 and φέρω (phérō) G5342; death-bearing, i.e. fatal; deadly
  • G2447 — ἰός (iós, ee-os'): perhaps from εἶμι (eîmi) (to go) or ἵημι (híēmi) (to send); rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents); poison, rust
  • G2556 — κακός (kakós, kak-os'): apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas πονηρός (ponērós) G4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious; bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked
  • G3324 — μεστός (mestós, mes-tos'): of uncertain derivation; replete (literally or figuratively); full
  • G3762 — οὐδείς (oudeís, oo-dice'): from οὐδέ (oudé) G3761 and εἷς (heîs) G1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing; any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom); the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc
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Reciprocal references (1): Mark 5:4

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