King James Version

James 3:8

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “[it is] an unruly” (ἀκατάστατον) before evil here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “[it is] uncontrollable” (ἀκατάσχετον) before evil here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.Butγλῶσσανglōssantongueγλῶσσα (glōssa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “tongue”, the object formG1100the tongue, a language, a nation (usually distinguished by their speech).the tongueοὐδεὶςoudeisnoοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.noδαμάσαιdamasaito tameδαμάζω (damazō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to tame”, a single actionG1150I tame, subdue, involving obedience and restraint.This verse uses “tame”.tameδύναταιdunataibe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōna humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.ἀκατάστατονakatastatonit is an unrulyἀκατάστατος (akatastatos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “it is an unruly”, the subject formG182unsettled, unstable (though these are hardly strong enough equivalents), almost anarchic.it is an unrulyκακόνkakonevilκακός (kakos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “evil”, the subject formG2556bad, evil, in the widest sense.This verse uses “evil”.evilμεστὴmestēfullμεστός (mestos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “full”, the subject formG3324full, filled with.fullἰοῦioupoisonἰός (ios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “poison”, the of-formG2447poison, rust; an arrow.This verse uses “poison”.poisonθανατηφόρουthanatēphoroudeadlyθανατηφόρος (thanatēphoros)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “deadly”, the of-formG2287death-bringing, deadly.This verse uses “deadly”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀκατάσχετονakataschetonit is an unrulyἀκατάσχετος (akataschetos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “it is an unruly”, the subject formG183

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

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American Standard Version (1901)

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

World English Bible

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Darby Translation

but the tongue can no one among men tame; [it is] an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.

Douay-Rheims

But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.

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