雅各書 3:8-10 CUNPTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 3:7-8

James 3:7-8. For every kind of beasts Πασα φυσις θηριων , every nature of wild beasts. The phrase signifies the strength and fierceness of wild beasts, the swiftness of birds, the poison of serpents, the exceeding great force of sea-monsters; is tamed Δαμαζεται , is subdued, or is capable of being subdued; by mankind Τη φυσει τη ανθρωπινη , by the human nature; every sort of these has been overcome by the art and ingenuity of man; so that they have been made subservient to his use... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 3:9-10

James 3:9-10. Therewith bless we God That is, therewith mankind bless God; for the apostle, as appears from the next clause, did not speak of himself particularly, or of his fellow-apostles, or even of true private Christians, who certainly do not curse men. Perhaps in this last clause he glanced at the unconverted Jews, who often cursed the Christians bitterly in their synagogues. Made after the similitude of God Which we have indeed now lost, but yet there remains from thence an... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 3:1-12

3:1-5:6 WORLDLY AMBITION AND CHRISTIAN FAITHControl of the tongue (3:1-12)James warns his readers not to be too ambitious to be teachers in the church, because if they instruct others and then fail themselves, they will receive greater judgment. This places teachers in particular danger, because they cannot avoid making some mistakes (3:1-2). A person who can control his tongue can control the whole self. Just as the bit controls the horse and the rudder controls the ship, so the tongue... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:8

no man = no one (Greek. oudeis) of men ( App-123 .) unruly . Greek. akataschetos. Only here, but the texts read akatastatos, unstable, restless, as in James 1:8 . evil . App-128 . deadly . Greek. thanatephoros. Only here. poison . Greek. ios. See Romans 3:13 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:9

There with = With ( App-104 .) it. God . App-98 ., but the texts read "the Lord" ( App-98 . b). Father . App-98 . after . App-104 . similitude . Greek. homoiosis. Only here. In the Septuagint in Genesis 1:26 . Ezekiel 1:10 . Daniel 10:16 ; &c. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:10

Out of . App-104 . these things, &c . = it is not fitting (Greek. chre. Only here) that these things should so be. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:8

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.Carson's observation that "Fortunately James did not say that God cannot control the tongue (or tame it),"[26] while true enough, fails to touch the problem, namely, that the tongue is indeed out of control because of man's failure to exercise the dominion over it that God commanded. It was true in James' day, as it is in this, that:It is a restless evil ... It is like a caged beast, even under the best of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:9

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:Bless we ... curse we ... Note the use of "we" as in James 3:2; here again the use of it does not indicate any guilt on the part of James in this particular. As Ward said, "The we of pastoral tact shows how far James could go in his desire to win rather than repel."[28]Bless we the Lord ... "The Jewish custom, whenever they named God, of adding, `Blessed be he,'"[29] very likely lies... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:10

out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.In the admonition here and in the preceding verse (James 3:9) Macknight thought that James might have had reference to a widespread custom of early Christian times, in which Christians were "cursed bitterly in Jewish synagogues."[31] It would appear, however, that it is not particularly the sins of Jews in cursing Christians that James dealt with, but the habit of some "brethren" engaged in the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 3:7-8

James 3:7-8. For every kind of beasts, &c.— Instead of serpents, in this verse, some read creeping things. Dr. Doddridge renders it reptiles. Good men have through Divine grace governed their own tongues: otherwise their religion would have been in vain; ch. James 1:26. The comparisons mentioned in the context have led some to interpret the words thus: "That it is difficult for one man to subdue the tongue of another; more difficult than it would be for him to subdue a wild beast." But the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 3:7-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 3:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 3:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 3:7-8

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