James 3:5

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of James 3:5

Euen so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things: behold, how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original James chapter 3

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!
- New American Standard Version (1995)

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
- American Standard Version (1901)

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!
- Basic English Bible

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

Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
- Douay Rheims Bible

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

In the same way the tongue is an insignificant part of the body, but it is immensely boastful. Remember how a mere spark may set a vast forest in flames.
- Weymouth Bible

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
- World English Bible

So also the tunge is but a litil membre, and reisith grete thingis. Lo! hou litil fier brenneth a ful greet wode.
- Wycliffe Bible

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

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