Jam 3:8 | RWP | e4.org | No one ( ουδεις ). Especially his own tongue and by himself, but one has the help of the Holy Spirit. A restless evil ( ακαταστατον κακον ). Correct reading, not ακατασχετον , for which see . The tongue is evil when set on fire by hell, not evil necessarily. Full of deadly poison ( μεστη ιου θανατηφορου ). Feminine adjective agreeing with γλωσσα , not with κακον (neuter). Ιου (poison here, as in , but rust in , only N.T. examples), old word. Genitive case after μεστη (full of). Θανατηφορου , old compound adjective (from θανατος , death, φερω , to bear or bring), death-bringing. Here only in N.T. Like the restless death-bringing tongue of the asp before it strikes.

‏ James 3:8

No one ( ουδεις ). Especially his own tongue and by himself, but one has the help of the Holy Spirit.

A restless evil ( ακαταστατον κακον ). Correct reading, not ακατασχετον, for which see 1:8. The tongue is evil when set on fire by hell, not evil necessarily.

Full of deadly poison ( μεστη ιου θανατηφορου ). Feminine adjective agreeing with γλωσσα, not with κακον (neuter). Ιου (poison here, as in Ro 3:13, but rust in 5:3, only N.T. examples), old word. Genitive case after μεστη (full of). Θανατηφορου, old compound adjective (from θανατος, death, φερω, to bear or bring), death-bringing. Here only in N.T. Like the restless death-bringing tongue of the asp before it strikes.