“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison — the stark contrast ('but no human being,' alla oudeis dynamai) establishes the tongue as uniquely untamable, beyond human capacity to master. The epithets are severe: 'restless evil' (akatastaton kakon, suggesting constant agitation and chaos) and 'full of deadly poison' (meston iou thanatēphorou), evoking the venom of serpents (cf. Romans 3:13). The tongue is characterized as fundamentally hostile and destructive.
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