The Bible › Webster Bible › James 3
James 3:9
With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God.
James 3:9 · Webster Bible
James 3:9 in other translations
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?
12 Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain [can] yield both salt water and fresh.
Read James 3 in the app The whole chapter