James 3:5
“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 James 3:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
American Standard Version (ASV)English
So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
Open English Bible (OEB)English
So is it with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how tiny a spark may set the largest forest ablaze!
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
So ist auch die Zunge ein kleines Glied und rühmt sich großer Dinge. Siehe, ein kleines Feuer, welch einen großen Wald zündet es an!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Así también, la lengua es un miembro pequeño, y se gloría de grandes cosas. He aquí, un pequeño fuego ¡cuán grande bosque enciende!
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Assim também a língua é um pequeno membro, mas se orgulha de grandes coisas. Vede como um pequeno fogo incendeia um grande bosque!
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Da mesma forma, a língua é uma pequena parte do corpo, mas se gloria de grandes coisas. Observai também como uma grande floresta é incendiada por uma pequena faísca.
📖 James 3:5 in Context
3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
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