James 3:5
American King James Version (AKJV)
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles!
American Standard Version (ASV)
So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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!
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.
Darby Bible (DBY)
Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
Even so the tongue is indeed a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.
English Revised Version (ERV)
So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
Free Bible Version (FBV)
In just the same way the tongue is a very small part of the body, but it makes great boasts! Think how a big forest can be set on fire by a very small flame!
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
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.
King James Version (KJV)
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest.
Webster Bible (Webster)
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
World English Bible (WEB)
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!