James 3:5

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New Testament James 3
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ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 3:5 οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ μεγάλαυχεῖ Ἰδού, ὀλίγον πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει·

(Textus Receptus, Novum Testamentum, Theodore Beza, 5th major edition. Geneva. 1598)

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, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)

James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how big a forest a little fire kindles!

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Commentary

Greek

Textus Receptus

1514 (Complutensian Polyglot)

Desiderius Erasmus

1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
1527 (Erasmus 4th)
1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
1550 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
1551 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

1565 (Beza 1st)
1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
1582 (Beza 2nd)
1589 (Beza 3rd)
1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)
1598 (Beza 4th)

See Also James 3:5 Beza 1598 (Beza)

1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

1624 (Elzevir)
1633 (Elzevir)
1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

1894 (? ????? ???T???)

Other Greek

1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
(Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
1881 (Westcott & Hort)
(Greek orthodox Church)

Anglo Saxon Translations

1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

1395 So also the tunge is but a litil membre, and reisith grete thingis. Lo! hou litil fier brenneth a ful greet wode. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

1534 Even so the tonge is a lyttell member and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, (Coverdale Bible)

1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 Euen so the tonge is a lytel member also, and boasteth great thynges. Beholde, how gret a thynge a lytell fyre kyndleth, (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 euen so the tonge is a lyttell member, and boasteth greate thinges. Beholde howe greate a thynge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, howe great a thing a litle fire kindleth. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 Euen so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things: behold, how great a matter a litle fire kindleth. (King James Version)

1729 so the tongue is but a small part of the body, yet how grand are its pretensions. a spark of fire! what quantities of timber will it blow into a flame? (Mace New Testament)

1745 In like manner also the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how little a fire how great a matter it kindleth. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 So the tongue is a small part of the body, yet boasteth great things. Behold how much fuel a little fire kindleth! (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 So the tongue also is a little member, yet boasteth great things. Behold how mach matter a little fire kindleth! (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 So also the tongue is a little member, and proudly vaunts. Behold how great a pile of wood, a little fire kindleth! (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 so, also, the tongue is a little member, yet it works mightily. Behold, how much wood a little fire kindles! (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 So also the tongue is a small member, and uplifteth itself. A little fire also burneth many forests; (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 so also the tongue is a small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how much wood a little fire kindles! (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 Thus also the tongue a little member is, and greatly boasts. Lo, a little fire how great a mass of fuel kindles. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 So also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles! (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 So also the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindleth! (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles! (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 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 - Philip Schaff)

1902 So, also, the tongue, is, a little member, and yet, of great things, maketh boast. Lo! how small a fire, kindleth, how great a forest; (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 so also the tongue is a little member, and it boasts great things. Behold, how great a wood a little fire kindles! (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 So also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how small a fire kindles how great a forest! (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 So is it with the tongue. Small as it is, it is a great boaster. Think how tiny a spark may set the largest forest ablaze! (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 So also the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter how small a fire, the tongue, kindles. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

1982 (New King James Version)

1984 (New International Version)

1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

هكذا اللسان ايضا هو عضو صغير ويفتخر متعظما. هوذا نار قليلة اي وقود تحرق. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܗܟܢܐ ܐܦ ܠܫܢܐ ܗܕܡܐ ܗܘ ܙܥܘܪܐ ܘܡܫܬܥܠܐ ܐܦ ܢܘܪܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ ܥܒܐ ܤܓܝܐܐ ܡܘܩܕܐ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Hala mihia-ere membro tipitobat da, eta gauça handiz vantatzen da: huná, su chipito batec cein egurtze handia irachequiten duen.

Bulgarian

1940 Така и езикът е малка част [от тялото], но много се хвали. Ето, съвсем малко огън, колко много вещество запалва! (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 這樣，舌頭在百體裡也是最小的，卻能說大話。看哪，最小的火能點著最大的樹林。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

Ainsi aussi la langue est un petit membre et elle se vante de grandes choses. Voici, un petit feu, quelle grande forêt allume-t-il! (French Darby)

1744 Il en est ainsi de la langue, c'est un petit membre, et cependant elle [peut] se vanter de grandes choses. Voilà [aussi] un petit feu, combien de bois allume-t-il? (Martin 1744)

1744 La langue de même est un petit membre, et elle se vante de grandes choses. Voici un petit feu; combien de bois ne peut-il pas allumer? (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Also ist auch die Zunge ein klein Glied und richtet große Dinge an. Siehe, ein klein Feuer, welch einen Wald zündet's an! (Luther 1545)

1871 So ist auch die Zunge ein kleines Glied und rühmt sich großer Dinge. Siehe, ein kleines Feuer, welch einen großen Wald (O. Holzstoß) zündet es an! (O. nach anderer Les.: Siehe, welch ein Feuer zündet welch einen Wald an) (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Also ist auch die Zunge ein kleines Glied und richtet große Dinge an. Siehe, ein kleines Feuer, welch einen Wald zündet's an! (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Così ancora la lingua è un piccol membro, e si vanta di gran cose. Ecco, un piccol fuoco quante legne incende!(Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Così anche la lingua è un piccol membro, e si vanta di gran cose. Vedete un piccol fuoco, che gran foresta incendia! (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

ita et lingua modicum quidem membrum est et magna exultat ecce quantus ignis quam magnam silvam incendit Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Tot aşa şi limba, este un mic mădular, şi se făleşte cu lucruri mari. Iată, un foc mic ce pădure mare aprinde! (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 так и язык – небольшой член, но много делает. Посмотри, небольшой огонь как много вещества зажигает! Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Así también, la lengua es un miembro pequeño, y se gloría de grandes cosas. He aquí, un pequeño fuego ¡cuán grande bosque enciende! (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Så är ock tungan en liten lem och kan likväl berömma sig av stora ting. Betänken huru en liten eld kan antända en stor skog. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Gayon din naman ang dila ay isang maliit na sangkap, at nagpapalalo ng malalaking bagay. Narito, kung gaano kalaking gubat ang pinagaalab ng lubhang maliit na apoy! (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Cũng vậy, cái lưỡi là một quan thể nhỏ, mà khoe được những việc lớn. Thử xem cái rừng lớn chừng nào mà một chút lửa có thể đốt cháy lên! (VIET)

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