James 3:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJames 3:8 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 →
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
γλῶσσαν
glōssa
G1100
tongue
οὐδεὶς
oudeís
G3762
nothing
δύναται
dýnamai
G1410
to be able
ἀνθρώπων
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
δαμάσαι
damázō
G1150
to tame
ἀκατάστατον
akatástatos
G182
unstable
κακόν
kakós
G2556
evil
μεστὴ
mestós
G3324
full
ἰοῦ
iós
G2447
poison
θανατηφόρου
thanatḗphoros
G2287
death-bringing
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
-
King James Version Public Domain
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But no one of men is able to tame the tongue, an unsettled evil, full of deadly poison.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).