Parallel Verses New International Version All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, King James Bible For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: Darby Bible Translation For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species; World English Bible For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. Young's Literal Translation For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature, James 3:7 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleEvery kind of beasts - That is, every species of wild beasts, πασα φυσις θηριων, is tamed, i.e. brought under man's power and dominion. Beasts, birds, serpents, and some kinds of fishes have been tamed so as to be domesticated; but every kind, particularly των εναλιων, of sea monsters, has not been thus tamed; but all have been subjected to the power of man; both the shark and whale become an easy prey to the skill and influence of the human being. I have had the most credible information, when in the Zetland Isles, of the seals being domesticated, and of one that would pass part of his time on shore, receive his allowance of milk, etc., from the servants, go again to sea, and return, and so on. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge kind. Gr. nature. is tamed. Gr. mankind. Gr. the nature of man. Library January the Twenty-Sixth the Fire of Envy"Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work!" --JAMES iii. 13-18. In Milton's "Comus" we read of a certain potion which has the power to pervert all the senses of everyone who drinks it. Nothing is apprehended truly. Sight and hearing and taste are all disordered, and the victim is all unconscious of the confusion. The deadly draught is the minister of deceptive chaos. And envy is like that potion when it is drunk by the spirit. It perverts every moral and spiritual sense. … John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Whether Wisdom Should be Reckoned among the Gifts of the Holy Ghost? Whether Our Atmosphere is the Demons' Place of Punishment? Whether a Religious Sins More Grievously than a Secular by the Same Kind of Sin? Cross References Acts 10:12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. James 3:8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. Jump to Previous Animal Animals Authority Beasts Bird Birds Brute Creature Creeping Earth Fishes Forms Fowls Kept Kind Mankind Nature Reptile Reptiles Sea Serpents Sort Subdued Subjected SubjectionJump to Next Animal Animals Authority Beasts Bird Birds Brute Creature Creeping Earth Fishes Forms Fowls Kept Kind Mankind Nature Reptile Reptiles Sea Serpents Sort Subdued Subjected SubjectionLinks James 3:7 NIVJames 3:7 NLT James 3:7 ESV James 3:7 NASB James 3:7 KJV James 3:7 Bible Apps James 3:7 Biblia Paralela James 3:7 Chinese Bible James 3:7 French Bible James 3:7 German Bible James 3:7 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |