அப்படியே, நாவானதும் சிறிய அவயவமாயிருந்தும் பெருமையானவைகளைப் பேசும். பாருங்கள், சிறிய நெருப்பு எவ்வளவு பெரிய காட்டைக் கொளுத்திவிடுகிறது!
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
American Standard Version (ASV)
So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
World English Bible (WEB)
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!
Cross Reference
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Daniel 4:30
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Daniel 3:15
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Job 22:17
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
2 Kings 19:22
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Jude 1:16
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
Revelation 13:5
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Psalm 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalm 52:1
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Psalm 73:8
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Psalm 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
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