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
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:7
For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:Tamed ... Vine gives "subdued" as the first meaning of this word, and it would be better understood thus in this place, making it unnecessary to see the passage as hyperbolic. It is a literal fact that mankind, in response to the original directive of the Creator for man "to subdue" the earth and the sea and everything in them (Genesis 1:28), has indeed done that very thing.... 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
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 3:10
James 3:10. Out of the same mouth proceedeth, &c.— So that "out of one and the same mouth come forth blessings and praises in one mood, and curses in another. Certainly, my Christian brethren, these contrary uses of the same tongue are monstrously incongruous and absurd; and ought, by no means, to have any place in those who make a profession of Christ and his gospel." read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 3:7
7. every kind—rather, "every nature" (that is, natural disposition and characteristic power). of beasts—that is, quadrupeds of every disposition; as distinguished from the three other classes of creation, "birds, creeping things (the Greek includes not merely 'serpents,' as English Version), and things in the sea." is tamed, and hath been—is continually being tamed, and hath been so long ago. of mankind—rather, "by the nature of man": man's characteristic power taming that of the inferior... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 3:8
8. no man—literally, "no one of men": neither can a man control his neighbor's, nor even his own tongue. Hence the truth of :- appears. unruly evil—The Greek, implies that it is at once restless and incapable of restraint. Nay, though nature has hedged it in with a double barrier of the lips and teeth, it bursts from its barriers to assail and ruin men [ESTIUS]. deadly—literally, "death-bearing." read more
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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