Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
no man—literally, "no one of men": neither can a man control his neighbor's, nor even his own tongue. Hence the truth of James 3:2 appears.
unruly evil—The Greek, implies that it is at once restless and incapable of restraint. Nay, though nature has hedged it in with a double barrier of the lips and teeth, it bursts from its barriers to assail and ruin men [ESTIUS].
deadly—literally, "death-bearing."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing James 3:8:
Proverbs 21:23
James 2:12
James 4:11
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