James (Jacob) 3:6

Full Chapter

September 18, 2025

KJV

And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

BSB

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

WEB

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

YLT

and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

F.O.G Original

(6) The tongue is a fire, a world of injustice! The tongue is appointed in our members as the one polluting the entire body and setting on fire the wheel of existence and is set on fire by Gei-Hinnom.

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

⁶The tongue is a fire—a whole world of wickedness among the parts of our body. It contaminates the entire person, sets the whole course of life ablaze, and is itself set on fire by hellᶜ.

Footnotes:

⁶ᶜ Hell: Greek “Gehenna,” referring to the valley outside Jerusalem where trash was burned, used as an image for divine judgment and destruction.