YAC 3:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But no one of men is able to tame the tongue, an unsettled evil, full of deadly poison.

UST But no one can control the things he says. The things people say are like a dangerous creature that never stops killing people with its venom.

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

BLB but no one of men is able to subdue the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

AICNT but no one can tame the tongue; it is a {unstable}[fn] evil, full of deadly poison.

3:8, unstable: Other manuscripts read “uncontrollable.” C(04) BYZ TR

OEB no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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

FBV but no one can tame the tongue—it's an evil thing, hard to control, full of deadly poison.

TCNT but no man can tame the tongue. It is [fn]an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

3:8 an unruly 97.4% ¦ a restless CT 2.6%

T4T no person ◄on his own/by himself► is able to control what he says [MTY]. And when people say evil things, it shows that they are unstable/uncontrolled and wicked [MTY]. As the poison of a snake kills people [MTY], we harm others [MET] by what we say.

LEB but no human being is able to tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

BBE But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

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Wymth But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.

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

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

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

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

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

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

KJB-1769 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

KJB-1611 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euill, ful of deadly poyson.
(But the tongue can no man tame, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poyson.)

Bshps But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.
(But the tongue can no man tame, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poyson.)

Gnva But the tongue can no man tame. It is an vnruly euill, full of deadly poyson.
(But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poyson. )

Cvdl But the toge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely euell full of deedly poysou.
(But the toge can no man tame. It is an unruely evil full of deadly poysou.)

TNT But the tonge can no man tame. That is an vntuely evyll full of deedly poyson.
(But the tongue can no man tame. That is an untuely evil full of deadly poyson. )

Wycl for it is an vnpesible yuel, and ful of deedli venym.
(for it is an unpesible evil, and full of deadli venym.)

Luth aber die Zunge kann kein Mensch zähmen, das unruhige Übel voll tödlichen Giftes.
(aber the Zunge kann kein person zähmen, the unruhige Übel voll tödlichen Giftes.)

ClVg linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest: inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.
(linguam however nullus of_men domare potest: inquietum evil, plena veneno mortifero. )

UGNT τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δαμάσαι δύναται ἀνθρώπων, ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.
(taʸn de glōssan oudeis damasai dunatai anthrōpōn, akatastaton kakon, mestaʸ iou thanataʸforou.)

SBL-GNT τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς ⸂δαμάσαι δύναται ἀνθρώπων⸃· ⸀ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.
(taʸn de glōssan oudeis ⸂damasai dunatai anthrōpōn⸃; ⸀akatastaton kakon, mestaʸ iou thanataʸforou.)

TC-GNT τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς [fn]δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· [fn]ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.
(taʸn de glōssan oudeis dunatai anthrōpōn damasai; akatasⱪeton kakon, mestaʸ iou thanataʸforou. )

3:8 δυναται ανθρωπων δαμασαι 84.2% ¦ δαμασαι δυναται ανθρωπων CT 1%

3:8 ακατασχετον 97.4% ¦ ακαταστατον CT 2.6%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

οὐδεὶς & ἀνθρώπων

no_one & ˱of˲_/the/_people

James is using the term men in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: [no human being]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δαμάσαι

/to/_tame

By analogy with the animals he discussed in the previous verse, James is using the word tame to mean “control.” Alternate translation: [to control]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὴν & γλῶσσαν

the & tongue

James is using the tongue to represent what people say, by association with the way the tongue is used for speech. Alternate translation: [what he says]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἀκατάστατον κακόν

/an/_unstable evil

James is using the adjective evil as a noun. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [an unsettled evil thing]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἀκατάστατον κακόν

/an/_unstable evil

In this context, the word unsettled means “restless.” James is speaking of the tongue as if it were a living thing that could never rest because it always had to be saying bad things. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [We are constantly saying evil things]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου

full ˱of˲_poison deadly

James is using deadly poison as an analogy for the destructive effects of what people say. Alternate translation (continuing a new sentence): “and what we say has very destructive effects”

Parallel YAC 3:8