James 3:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJames 3:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
γλῶσσα
glōssa
G1100
tongue
μικρὸν
mikrós
G3398
small
μέλος
mélos
G3196
member
ἐστὶν
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
μεγάλα
mégas
G3173
great
αὐχεῖ
megalauchéō
G3166
to boast greatly
ἰδοὺ
horáō
G3708
to see
ἡλίκον
hēlíkos
G2245
as old as
πῦρ
pŷr
G4442
fire
ἡλίκην
hēlíkos
G2245
as old as
ὕλην
hýlē
G5208
wood
ἀνάπτει
anáptō
G381
to kindle
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
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King James Version Public Domain
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Thus also the tongue is a small member, but it boasts great things. Behold how small a fire kindles so large a forest.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).