James 3:8
Text Analysis
Strong'sGreekEnglishMorphology
3588 [e]τὴν
tēn
- Art-AFS
1161 [e]δὲ
de
butConj
1100 [e]γλῶσσαν
glōssan
the tongueN-AFS
3762 [e]οὐδεὶς
oudeis
no oneAdj-NMS
1150 [e]δαμάσαι
damasai
to subdueV-ANA
1410 [e]δύναται
dynatai
is ableV-PIM/P-3S
444 [e]ἀνθρώπων·
anthrōpōn
of men;N-GMP
182 [e]ἀκατάστατον
akatastaton
[it is] an unrulyAdj-NNS
2556 [e]κακόν,
kakon
evil,Adj-NNS
3324 [e]μεστὴ
mestē
fullAdj-NFS
2447 [e]ἰοῦ
iou
of poisonN-GMS
2287 [e]θανατηφόρου.
thanatēphorou
deadly.Adj-GMS





















Greek Texts
ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: Nestle 1904
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δαμάσαι δύναται ἀνθρώπων· ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δαμάσαι δύναται ἀνθρώπων· ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort / [NA27 and UBS4 variants]
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δαμάσαι δύναται ἀνθρώπων· ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: Greek Orthodox Church
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: Tischendorf 8th Edition
ὁ δέ γλῶσσα οὐδείς δύναμαι ἄνθρωπος δαμάζω ἀκατάστατος κακός μεστός ἰός θανατήφορος

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:8 Greek NT: Stephanus Textus Receptus 1550
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι ἀκατάσχετον κακόν μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου

James 3:8 Hebrew Bible
אבל הלשון אין אדם יכל לכבשה אין מעצור לרעה הזאת וסם המות מלאה׃

James 3:8 Aramaic NT: Peshitta
ܠܫܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܐܫܟܚ ܕܢܟܒܫܝܘܗܝ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܬܟܤܐ ܡܠܐ ܗܘ ܤܡܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ ܀

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.

King James Bible
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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full.

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