8 but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3
World English Bible, Catholic 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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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι· ἀκατάσχετον κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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 throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”
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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
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His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
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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.
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My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
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Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.
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If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
7 relevance votesRevelation 12:9
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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