Verse List for YAC 3:5

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So too the tongue is only small but can make extensive claims.
¶  Yes, a tiny flame can ignite an entire forest

OET-LV Thus also the tongue a_small member is, and great things is _boasting.
Behold, how _much fire, how _much a_forest is _kindling.

ULT Thus also the tongue is a small member, but it boasts great things. Behold how small a fire kindles so large a forest.

UST Similarly, although our tongues are very small, we use them to brag that we have done great things. Note also that a fire that starts as a small flame can burn up many trees.

BSB & MSB In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, [but] it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest {ablaze}.

BLB Thus also the tongue is a small member, and boasts exceeding things. Behold a small fire, how great a forest it kindles.

AICNT So also the tongue is a small member and boasts great things.
¶  Behold, {how small a fire kindles how great a forest}![fn]

OEB So it is with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how a tiny spark may set the largest forest ablaze!

WEBBE & WMBB So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

NET So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

LSV so also the tongue is a little member, and boasts greatly; behold, how much forest a little fire kindles!

FBV In just the same way the tongue is a very small part of the body, but it makes great boasts! Think how a big forest can be set on fire by a very small flame!

TCNT In the same way, the tongue is a small member, yet it makes great boasts.
¶  Consider how great a forest [fn]a little fire kindles.

T4T Similarly, although our tongues are very small, if we do not control them, we can harm many people by what we proudly say [MTY]. Think also about how just a small flame of fire can cause a large forest (OR, a large area of brushwood) to burn.

LEB So also the tongue is a small member of the body[fn] and boasts great things. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!

BBE Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

Moff So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire!

Wymth In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.

ASV So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

DRA Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

YLT so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

Drby Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!

RV So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

SLT So also the tongue is a small member, and vaunts itself. Behold, how great a wood a little fire inflames.

Wbstr Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

KJB-1769 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

KJB-1611 Euen so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things: behold, how great [fn]a matter a litle fire kindleth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.
(Even so the tongue is a little member also, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth.)

Gnva Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, howe great a thing a litle fire kindleth.
(Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth of great things: behold, how great a thing a little fire kindleth.)

Cvdl Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth,
(Even so the tongue is a lyttell member, and bosteth great things. Behold how great a thing a lyttell fire kindleth,)

TNT Even so the tonge is a lyttell member and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth
(Even so the tongue is a lyttell member and bosteth great things. Behold how great a thing a lyttell fire kindleth)

Wycl So also the tunge is but a litil membre, and reisith grete thingis. Lo! hou litil fier brenneth a ful greet wode.
(So also the tongue is but a little membre, and raiseth/raises great things. Lo! how little fire brenneth a full great forest/grove.)

Luth Also ist auch die Zunge ein klein Glied und richtet große Dinge an. Siehe, ein klein Feuer, welch einen Wald zündet‘s an!
(So is also the tongue a small member/element and directed large things at/to. See/Look, a small fire(n), which a forest ignites‘s an!)

ClVg Ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est, et magna exaltat. Ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit ![fn]
(Ita and tongue/language modicum indeed member it_is, and big exalts. Behold quantus fire how great the_forestm incendit !)

SR-GNT Οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν, καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ.
¶  Ἰδοὺ, ἡλίκον πῦρ, ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει. ‡

UGNT οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν, καὶ μεγάλα αὐχεῖ.
¶  ἰδοὺ, ἡλίκον πῦρ, ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.

SBL-GNT οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ ⸂μεγάλα αὐχεῖ⸃. Ἰδοὺ ⸀ἡλίκον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει·

RP-GNT Οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστίν, καὶ μεγαλαυχεῖ. Ἰδού, ὀλίγον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.

TC-GNT οὕτω καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶ καὶ [fn]μεγαλαυχεῖ.
¶  Ἰδού, [fn]ὀλίγον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει.