James 3:7 Parallel Translations

People have tamed all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures.(GOD'S WORD®)

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:

ASV:

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.

BBE:

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

DBY:

For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species;

ERV:

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

WEY:

For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.

WBS:

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

WEB:

For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

YLT:

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,

James 3:7 Cross References

XREF:

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

James 3:8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

3:7 Every kind of beasts. Every nature of beasts, literally. Four orders are named:
beasts, or quadrupeds,
birds,
serpents, reptiles, in the Greek creeping things,
things in the sea, or fishes. All of these have been subjected and controlled.

WES:

3:7 Every kind - The expression perhaps is not to be taken strictly. Reptiles - That is, creeping things.

MHC:

3:1-12 We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life, private or public, affords examples of this. Hell has more to do in promoting the fire of the tongue than men generally think; and whenever men's tongues are employed in sinful ways, they are set on fire of hell. No man can tame the tongue without Divine grace and assistance. The apostle does not represent it as impossible, but as extremely difficult. Other sins decay with age, this many times gets worse; we grow more froward and fretful, as natural strength decays, and the days come on in which we have no pleasure. When other sins are tamed and subdued by the infirmities of age, the spirit often grows more tart, nature being drawn down to the dregs, and the words used become more passionate. That man's tongue confutes itself, which at one time pretends to adore the perfections of God, and to refer all things to him; and at another time condemns even good men, if they do not use the same words and expressions. True religion will not admit of contradictions: how many sins would be prevented, if men would always be consistent! Pious and edifying language is the genuine produce of a sanctified heart; and none who understand Christianity, expect to hear curses, lies, boastings, and revilings from a true believer's mouth, any more than they look for the fruit of one tree from another. But facts prove that more professors succeed in bridling their senses and appetites, than in duly restraining their tongues. Then, depending on Divine grace, let us take heed to bless and curse not; and let us aim to be consistent in our words and actions.

CONC:

Animal Animals Authority Beast Beasts Bird Birds Brute Controlled Creature Creatures Creeping Fishes Forms Fowls Human Humankind Kept Kind Mankind Nature Race Reptile Reptiles Serpents Sort Species Subdued Subjected Subjection Tamed

Animal Animals Authority Beasts Bird Birds Brute Creature Creeping Earth Fishes Forms Fowls Kept Kind Mankind Nature Reptile Reptiles Sea Serpents Sort Subdued Subjected Subjection

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