James 3:10

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.

King James Version (1611)
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

King James Version
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

English Standard Version
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

New American Standard Bible
from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.

New Century Version
Praises and curses come from the same mouth! My brothers and sisters, this should not happen.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

Berean Standard Bible
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!

Complete Jewish Bible
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing! Brothers, it isn't right for things to be this way.

Darby Translation
Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.

Easy-to-Read Version
These praises and curses come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

George Lamsa Translation
Out of the same mouth proceed curses and blessings. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Good News Translation
Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth. My friends, this should not happen!

Lexham English Bible
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so!

Literal Translation
Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not fitting for these things to be so.

Amplified Bible
Out of the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. These things, my brothers, should not be this way [for we have a moral obligation to speak in a manner that reflects our fear of God and profound respect for His precepts].

American Standard Version
out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Bible in Basic English
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

Hebrew Names Version
Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

International Standard Version
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. It should not be like this, my brothers!

Etheridge Translation
and from the same mouth go forth curses and blessings. My brethren, it is not fit that these should so be done.

Murdock Translation
and from the same mouth, proceed curses and blessings. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.

English Revised Version
out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

World English Bible
Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Weymouth's New Testament
Out of the same mouth there proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Of the same mouth passith forth blessing and cursing. My britheren, it bihoueth not that these thingis be don so.

Update Bible Version
out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Webster's Bible Translation
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

New English Translation
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

New King James Version
Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

New Living Translation
And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!

New Life Bible
Giving thanks and speaking bad words come from the same mouth. My Christian brothers, this is not right!

New Revised Standard
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Revised Standard Version
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethren these thinges ought not so to be.

Young's Literal Translation
out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethre these thinges ought not so to be.

Mace New Testament (1729)
from the same mouth shall blessing and cursing proceed? this ought not to be practis'd, my brethren;

Simplified Cowboy Version
Ain't no reason in the world why blessings and curses should come out of the same hole in your face.

Contextual Overview

¹ Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive; ² For, oft, are we stumbling, one and all: If anyone, in word, doth not stumble, the same, is a mature man, able to curb even the whole body. ³ Now, if, the horses bits, into their mouths, we thrust, to the end they may be yielding to us, their whole body also, do we turn about. ⁴ Lo! the ships also, large as they are, and, by rough winds, driven along, are turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the steersman inclineth. ⁵ So, also, the tongue, is, a little member, and yet, of great things, maketh boast. Lo! how small a fire, kindleth, how great a forest; ⁶ And, the tongue, is a fire, - as , the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna! ⁷ For, every nature - both of wild beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and of things in the sea, is to be tamed, and hath been tamed, by the human nature; ⁸ But, the tongue, none of mankind can, tame, - A restless mischief! Full of deadly poison ⁹ Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being! ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

of: Psalms 50:16-20, Jeremiah 7:4-10, Micah 3:11, Romans 12:14, 1 Peter 3:9

these: Genesis 20:9, 2 Samuel 13:12, 1 Corinthians 3:3, 1 Timothy 5:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:7 - thing Leviticus 4:2 - which ought Numbers 23:13 - and curse me Deuteronomy 22:9 - shalt not sow Job 31:30 - mouth Jeremiah 6:7 - a fountain Luke 6:28 - Bless Luke 9:55 - Ye know Romans 3:14 - General 1 Timothy 3:8 - doubletongued

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both of them naked, the man and his wife, - and put not each other to shame.

Genesis 3:7
Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were, - so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,

Genesis 3:17
And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

Genesis 3:18
Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee, - when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:

Exodus 3:6
And he said - I, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

Exodus 32:25
And Moses saw the people, that unbridled, they were, - for Aaron had given them the rein, for a whispering, among their enemies.

Job 23:15
For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

Psalms 119:120
My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

Isaiah 33:14
Terror-stricken in Zion, - are sinners, Shuddering hath seized the impious, - Who among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding?

Isaiah 47:3
Bared shall be thy shame, Yea seen thy reproach, - An avenging, will I take, And will accept no son of earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing,.... Which is not only a contradiction, but unnatural, as well as wicked and sinful:

my brethren, these things ought not so to be: in any, and much less in professors of religion: such things are unbecoming men, are a scandal upon human nature, and exceeding unworthy of the Christian name; see Psalms 50:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing - The meaning here may be, either that out of the mouth of man two such opposite things proceed, not referring to the same individual, but to different persons; or, out of the mouth of the same individual. Both of these are true; and both are equally incongruous and wrong. No organ should be devoted to uses so unlike, and the mouth should be employed in giving utterance only to that which is just, benevolent, and good. It is true, however, that the mouth is devoted to these opposite employments; and that while one part of the race employ it for purposes of praise, the other employ it in uttering maledictions. It is also true of many individuals that at one time they praise their Maker, and then, with the same organ, calumniate, and slander, and revile their fellow-men. After an act of solemn devotion in the house of God, the professed worshipper goes forth with the feelings of malice in his heart, and the language of slander, detraction, or even blasphemy on his lips.

My brethren, these things ought not so to be - They are as incongruous as it would be for the same fountain to send forth both salt water and fresh; or for the same tree to bear different kinds of fruit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. Out of the same mouth — This saying is something like that, Proverbs 18:21: Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and on this, for an illustration of St. James' words, hear Vayikra Rabba, sec. 33: "Rabbi Simeon, the son of Gamaliel, said to his servant Tobias, Go and bring me some good food from the market: the servant went, and he bought tongues. At another time he said to the same servant, Go and buy me some bad food: the servant went, and bought tongues. The master said, What is the reason that when I ordered thee to buy me good and bad food, thou didst bring tongues? The servant answered, From the tongue both good and evil come to man: if it be good, there is nothing better; if bad, there is nothing worse."

A saying very like that of St. James as found in Rabbi Tanchum, fol. 10, 4: "The mouth desires to study in the law, and to speak good words; to praise God, to glorify him, and to celebrate him with hymns: but it can also slander, blaspheme, reproach, and swear falsely." See Schoettgen.

To find a man who officiates in sacred things to be a common swearer, a slanderer, c., is truly monstrous but there have been many cases of this kind, and I have known several. Let me say to all such, My brethren, these things ought not so to be.