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James 3:9

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3:9With it we bless the Lord17 and Father, and with it we curse people18 made in God’s image.

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Footnotes

  1. 17 Most later (𝔐), along with several versional witnesses, have θεόν (theon, “God”) here instead of κύριον (kurion, “Lord”). Such is a predictable variant since nowhere else in the NT is God described as “Lord and Father,” but he is called “God and Father” on several occasions. Further, the reading κύριον is well supported by early and diversified witnesses (𝔓20 א A B C P Ψ 33 81 945 1241 1739), rendering it as the overwhelmingly preferred reading.
  2. 18 Grk “men”; but here ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous) has generic force, referring to both men and women.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness.

NLTNew Living Translation

Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.