James 3:5

King James Version (KJV)

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

Translations

James 3:5 - Amplified Bible

Even so the tongue is a little member, and it can boast of great things. See how much wood {or} how great a forest a tiny spark can set ablaze!

James 3:5 - American Standard Version

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

James 3:5 - Bible in Basic English

Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

James 3:5 - Darby Bible

Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!

James 3:5 - English Standard Version

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

James 3:5 - King James Version

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

James 3:5 - La Biblia de las Americas

Asì también la lengua es un miembro pequeño, y sin embargo, se jacta de grandes cosas. Mirad, ¡qué gran bosque se incendia con tan pequeño fuego!

James 3:5 - The Message

It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.

James 3:5 - New American Standard Bible

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and {yet} it boasts of great things.
See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

James 3:5 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Asì también la lengua es un miembro pequeño, y sin embargo, se jacta de grandes cosas. ¡Pues qué gran bosque se incendia con tan pequeño fuego!

James 3:5 - World English Bible

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

James 3:5 - Young's Living Translation

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

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