James 3:3
James 3:3 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
James 3:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
James 3:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.
James 3:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
James 3:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can control their whole bodies.
James 3:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
James 3:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.
James 3:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 We put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, and we have control over everything they do.
James 3:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 Now when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide the whole animal.
James 3:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies.
James 3:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.
James 3:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 We put a bit in the mouth of a horse to make it obey us. We can control the whole animal with it.
James 3:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.