james 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

james 3:8 But no one can tame the tongue; [it is] a restless evil [and] full of deadly poison.

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 Jas 3:2 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."

james 3:8 But no one can tame the tongue; [it is] a restless evil [and] full of deadly poison.

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