Kind (φυσις). Old word from φυω, order of nature (Romans 1:26), here of all animals and man, in [Reference 2 Peter 1:4…

For every kind of beasts. The apostle proceeds to state another thing showing the power of the tongue: the fact that it is ungovernable, a…

For every kind of beasts . . .—Compare the margin, and read more exactly, thus: Every nature of beasts and birds, and creeping…

James shifts almost unnoticeably from discussing the power of the tongue (vv.3–6) to a discussion of its perversity (vv.7–12). According to vv.7–8,…

For every kind of beasts. This is a confirmation of the previous clause; for he proves that Satan rules most effectively through the tongu…

For every kind of beasts, and of birds
Or the "nature" of them, as it is in the Greek text; however fierce, as beast…

We are taught to dread an unruly tongue as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of humankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of people. …