Taming the Tongue
James 3:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
- KJV
- Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
- WEB
- With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
- ASV
- Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
- LSV
- with it we bless the God and Father, and with it we curse the men made according to [the] likeness of God;
- YLT
- with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;
- DBY
- Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after [the] likeness of God.Elohim
- DRC
- By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.
- GNV
- Therewith blesse we God euen the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read κύριον (“Lord”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θεὸν (“God”).
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- SBLGNT: κύριον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κύριον; Robinson–Pierpont read θεὸν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐν αὐτῇ εὐλογοῦμεν τὸν κύριον καὶ πατέρα, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ καταρώμεθα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν θεοῦ γεγονότας·
- RP2018
- Ἐν αὐτῇ εὐλογοῦμεν τὸν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ καταρώμεθα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς καθ’ ὁμοίωσιν θεοῦ γεγονότας·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐν αὐτῇ εὐλογοῦμεν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ πατέρα, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ καταρώμεθα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς καθ᾿ ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ γεγονότας·
- SCR1894
- εν αυτη ευλογουμεν τον θεον και πατερα και εν αυτη καταρωμεθα τους ανθρωπους τους καθ ομοιωσιν θεου γεγονοτας
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Genesis 1:26–27Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So…
- Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Psalms 62:4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- Romans 3:14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
- Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- 2 Samuel 19:21But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
- Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- Ecclesiastes 7:22For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- Psalms 109:17–18The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
- Acts 2:26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
- Psalms 35:28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- Psalms 108:1My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
- Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
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