James 3:6

James 3:6 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

6And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among 3:6 Lit our partsour body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our 3:6 Or existence, originlife, and is set on fire by 3:6 Gr Gehennahell.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

6And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

6And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by 3:6 See note Matt 5:22.hell (Gehenna).

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.3:6 Greek Gehenna

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

6The tongue is also a fire. The tongue is the most evil part of the body. It makes the whole body impure. It sets a person’s whole way of life on fire. And the tongue itself is set on fire by hell.

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