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Jacques 3:7

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7 Toutes les espĂšces de bĂȘtes et d'oiseaux, de reptiles et d'animaux marins, sont domptĂ©s et ont Ă©tĂ© domptĂ©s par la nature humaine;

Jacques 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

James 3:7

For every kind of beasts, and of birds
Or the "nature" of them, as it is in the Greek text; however fierce, as beasts of prey are, or shy, as the fowls of the air be:

and of serpents and things in the sea;
the fishes there:

is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind,
or "by human nature": by the wit and industry of man; by the various ways, means, and methods devised by man. So Pliny F12 relates, that elephants lions and tigers among beasts, and the eagle among birds, and crocodiles, asps, and other serpents, and fishes of the sea, have been tamed: though some think this is only to be understood of their being mastered and subdued, by one means or another; or of their being despoiled of their power, or of their poison: and the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, "subjected to human nature".


FOOTNOTES:

F12 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 9. 16, 17. & 10. 5, 44.
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Jacques 3:7 In-Context

5 De mĂȘme, la langue est un petit membre, et elle se vante de grandes choses. Voici, comme un petit feu peut embraser une grande forĂȘt!
6 La langue aussi est un feu; c'est le monde de l'iniquitĂ©. La langue est placĂ©e parmi nos membres, souillant tout le corps, et enflammant le cours de la vie, Ă©tant elle-mĂȘme enflammĂ©e par la gĂ©henne.
7 Toutes les espĂšces de bĂȘtes et d'oiseaux, de reptiles et d'animaux marins, sont domptĂ©s et ont Ă©tĂ© domptĂ©s par la nature humaine;
8 mais la langue, aucun homme ne peut la dompter; c'est un mal qu'on ne peut réprimer; elle est pleine d'un venin mortel.
9 Par elle nous bénissons le Seigneur notre PÚre, et par elle nous maudissons les hommes faits à l'image de Dieu.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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