James 3:4

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold also the ships - This illustration is equally striking and obvious. A ship is a large object. It seems to be unmanageable by its vastness,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold . App-133. also the ships . the ships also. of . App-104. fierce . Greek. skleros. Elsewhere translated "hard". with . Same as "of"...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whithersoever the governor listeth— Whithersoever the action of the pilot directs. Heylin. Whithersoever the steersman pleaseth. Doddridge; who...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whitherso...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Control of the Tongue 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 23:7 ; Romans 2:19-20 ; 1 Corinthians 12...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Governor] RV 'steersman.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The governor — i.e. , the “helmsman,” from the Latin gubernator. The Venerable Bede, our earliest English translator, refers the ships here to a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:1-8...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Bridle the Tongue James 3:1-12 It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to obey our own precepts. Even the best of us...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to dea...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRISTIAN ABILITY ‘Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very sma...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great ,.... Of so large a bulk, of such a prodigious size, and are such unwieldy vessels: and are d...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whitherso...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , &c. As if the apostle had said, Think not the tongue a weak member because it is small; we put bits in the horses' mouths that they ma...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Government of the Tongue. A. D. 61. 1 My bre...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The other similitude, in which a man is compared to a ship, the tongue to the rudder, the governing the whole body to the turning about the ship. As...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, wherever the will of th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

OUR SINS OF SPEECH CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:1 . Masters. —Teachers. In the sixteenth century “master” meant “schoolmaster.” Do n...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 3:1 . Be not many masters: διδασκαλοι, teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 3:1-59 WARNING AGAINST OVER - READINESS TO TEACH , LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GO...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caution against False Activity in Teaching and the Use of the Tongue. The danger of teaching and much speaking:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoeve...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 27:14 ; Jonah 1:4 ; Matthew 8:24 ; Psalms 107:25-27

⁴ Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Related Commentaries of James 3:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 3:4