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James 3:8
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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English Standard Version
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but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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King James Version
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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The Message Bible
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but you can't tame a tongue - it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer.
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New American Standard Bible
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But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.
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New International Version
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but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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New King James Version
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But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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New Living Translation
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but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.
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New Revised Standard
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but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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American Standard Version
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But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
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The Bible in Basic English
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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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Common English Bible
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No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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No one can tame the tongue, though. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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but the tongue no one can tame - it is an unstable and evil thing, full of death-dealing poison!
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The Darby Translation
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but the tongue can no one among men tame; [it is] an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.
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Good News Translation
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But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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Yet, no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil filled with deadly poison.
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Hebrew Names Version
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But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
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but no man can tame the tongue, which is an evil that cannot be restrained and is full of deadly poison.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Lexham English Bible
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but no human being is able to tame the tongue. [It is] a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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New Century Version
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but no one can tame the tongue. It is wild and evil and full of deadly poison.
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New International Reader's Version
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But no one can control the tongue. It is an evil thing that never rests. It is full of deadly poison.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
8
But the tongue no man can tame, an unquiet evil, full of deadly poison.
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Revised Standard Version
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but no human being can tame the tongue--a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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but no human being can tame the tongue--a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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SBL Greek New Testament
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τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δαμάσαι δύναται ἀνθρώπων ⸃· ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.
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Third Millennium Bible
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Tyndale
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But the tonge can no man tame. Yt is an vntuely evyll full of deedly poyson.
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The Latin Vulgate
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linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest inquietum malum plena veneno mortifero
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest inquietum malum plena veneno mortifero
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The Webster Bible
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But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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World English Bible
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But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Weymouth New Testament
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But the tongue no man or woman is able to tame. It is an ever-busy mischief, and is full of deadly poison.
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Wycliffe
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but no man may chastise the tongue, for it is an unpeaceable evil [soothly it is an unquiet, or unpeaceable, evil thing], and full of deadly venom.
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Young's Literal Translation
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and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,
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