James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
KJV
εἰ δὲ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν.
Greek NT
Si autem equis frena in ora mittimus ad consentiendum nobis, et omne corpus illorum circumferimus.
Vulgate
Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
ASV
For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us: and we turn about their whole body.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- εἰ δὲ — SBLGNT
- εἰ δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἴδε — Robinson-Pierpont
- εἰς — SBLGNT
- εἰς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πρὸς — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 19:28 — Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
- Jas 1:26 — If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Ps 32:9 — Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
- Ps 32:9 — Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
- Ps 39:1 — I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.