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James 3

James 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the tongue
glossa (Greek #1100)
the tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
KJV usage: tongue.
Pronounce: gloce-sah'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
can
dunamai (Greek #1410)
to be able or possible
KJV usage: be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-ahee
Origin: of uncertain affinity
no
oudeis (Greek #3762)
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing
KJV usage: any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.
Pronounce: oo-dice'
Origin: οὐδεμία (oo-dem-ee'-ah), and neuter οὐδέν (oo-den') from 3761 and 1520
man
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
tame
damazo (Greek #1150)
to tame
KJV usage: tame.
Pronounce: dam-ad'-zo
Origin: a variation of an obsolete primary of the same meaning
; it is an unruly
akataschetos (Greek #183)
unrestrainable
KJV usage: unruly.
Pronounce: ak-at-as'-khet-os
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 2722
evil
kakos (Greek #2556)
worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas 4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
KJV usage: bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
Pronounce: kak-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, full
mestos (Greek #3324)
of uncertain derivation
KJV usage: replete (literally or figuratively):--full.
Pronounce: mes-tos'
of deadly
thanatephoros (Greek #2287)
death-bearing, i.e. fatal
KJV usage: deadly.
Pronounce: than-at-ay'-for-os
Origin: from (the feminine form of) 2288 and 5342
o poison
ios (Greek #2447)
rust (as if emitted by metals); also venom (as emitted by serpents)
KJV usage: poison, rust.
Pronounce: ee-os'
Origin: perhaps from εἶμι (to go) or ἵημι (to send)
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Ministry on This Verse

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an unruly.
full.
 Not only does it defile the body, but it can poison the mind. It has been truly said, "Many according to the flesh would avoid giving a blow, who cannot restrain a passionate or hard word against a neighbor." (The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4 by H. Smith)
 Speech is the great avenue by which the heart of man expresses itself, and hence the only way to really tame the tongue is to tame the heart. But this is a thing impossible to man. The grace and power of God are needed for it. (James 3 by F.B. Hole)

J. N. 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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but the tongue is none of men able to tame; an unsettleda evil, full of deadly poison.

WK Translation Notes

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The RV rejects "unruly" of the KJV for "restless."