Santiago 3:7

7 El ser humano puede domar toda clase de animales, aves, reptiles y peces,

Santiago 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".

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 9. 16, 17. & 10. 5, 44.

Santiago 3:7 In-Context

5 De la misma manera, la lengua es algo pequeño que pronuncia grandes discursos.
Así también una sola chispa puede incendiar todo un bosque.

6 Y la lengua es una llama de fuego. Es un mundo entero de maldad que corrompe todo el cuerpo. Puede incendiar toda la vida, porque el infierno mismo la enciende.

7 El ser humano puede domar toda clase de animales, aves, reptiles y peces,

8 pero nadie puede domar la lengua. Es maligna e incansable, llena de veneno mortal.

9 A veces alaba a nuestro Señor y Padre, y otras veces maldice a quienes Dios creó a su propia imagen.