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James 3:6

American Standard Version

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

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James 3:6 in other translations

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

James 3:6 · World English Bible

James 3:6 in context

  1. 4Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.
  2. 5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
  3. 6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
  4. 7For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
  5. 8but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.