8 no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless plague! It is charged with deadly poison!
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James 3
Open English Bible, US Edition, Verse 8
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to James 3:8. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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4
Word Entries
49
Editorial Notes
0
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Greek Textus Receptus
Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.
12 word entries
τὴν
δὲ
γλῶσσαν
οὐδεὶς
δύναται
ἀνθρώπων
δαμάσαι
ἀκατάσχετον
- Lemma
- akatasceton
- Transliteration
- akatasceton
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective nominative singular neuter
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G183
- Occurrences
- 1
κακόν
μεστὴ
ἰοῦ
θανατηφόρου
- Lemma
- qanathforou
- Transliteration
- qanathforou
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective genitive singular masculine
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G2287
- Occurrences
- 1
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament
Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάστατον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.
12 word entries
τὴν
ἀκατάστατον
- Lemma
- ἀκατάστατος
- Morphology
- A-NSN
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G0182
- Occurrences
- 2
θανατηφόρου.
- Lemma
- θανατήφορος
- Morphology
- A-GSM
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G2287
- Occurrences
- 1
Syriac Peshitta New Testament
Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܠܫܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܐܫܟܚ ܕܢܟܒܫܝܘܗܝ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܬܟܣܐ ܡܠܐ ܗܘ ܣܡܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ
14 word entries
ܠܫܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܫܢܐ
- Transliteration
- lshn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܕܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1830
ܐܢܫ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܢܫ
- Transliteration
- 'nsh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 323
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 1681
ܐܫܟܚ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܫܟܚ
- Transliteration
- 'shkh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 20
ܕܢܟܒܫܝܘܗܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܢܟܒܫܝܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- dnkbshywhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܒܝܫܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܝܫܬܐ
- Transliteration
- bysht'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 66
ܗܕܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܕܐ
- Transliteration
- hd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 325
ܕܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 720
ܡܬܬܟܣܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܬܬܟܣܐ
- Transliteration
- mttks'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 1
ܡܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܠܐ
- Transliteration
- ml'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 72
ܗܘ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܘ
- Transliteration
- hu
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, it, is
- Occurrences
- 1648
ܣܡܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܣܡܐ
- Transliteration
- sm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 6
ܕܡܘܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- dmwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 38
Latin Vulgate Clementine
Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
linguam autem nullus hominum domare potest: inquietum malum, plena veneno mortifero.
11 word entries
linguam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lingua
- Transliteration
- linguam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 219
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
nullus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nullus
- Transliteration
- nullus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 196
hominum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- homo
- Transliteration
- hominum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1653
domare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- domo
- Transliteration
- domare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 17
potest
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- possum
- Transliteration
- potest
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 881
inquietum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- inquietus
- Transliteration
- inquietum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 4
malum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- malum
- Transliteration
- malum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 129
plena
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- plenus
- Transliteration
- plena
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 185
veneno
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenenum
- Transliteration
- veneno
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 7
mortifero
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mortifer
- Transliteration
- mortifero
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 5
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Romans 3:13
‘Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.’ ‘The venom of snakes lies behind their lips,’
30 relevance votesPsalms 140:3
who make their tongue as sharp as a serpent’s, and under whose lips is the poison of adders. Selah
24 relevance votesPsalms 55:21
His mouth was smoother than butter, but war filled his heart. His words were softer than oil, but sharper than swords.
18 relevance votesJames 3:6
And the tongue is like a spark. It is a world of unrighteousness among the parts of our body. It contaminates the whole body; it sets the whole course of our existence on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of Gehenna.
14 relevance votesPsalms 57:4
In the midst of lions I lie, who devour human prey. Their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue is a sharpened sword.
13 relevance votesPsalms 59:7
Look at their venomous mouths, tongues like swords, they think no one hears them.
10 relevance votesPsalms 58:4
Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
10 relevance votesDeuteronomy 32:33
7 relevance votesEcclesiastes 10:11
7 relevance votesRevelation 12:9
Then the great Dragon, the primeval snake, known as the ‘devil’ and ‘Satan,’ who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
2 relevance votes