James 3:9

9. This wildness of the tongue is now (9-12) shown by the contrariety of its moral uses. We In James 3:9-10 our apostle passes beyond the limits of the Christian synagogue into the length and breadth of the twelve tribes. And his we includes himself, by courtesy, even among the profane users of the tongue.

Bless we God Applicable to all Jews, and indicating that his address does go little beyond the monotheistic twelve tribes. A preferred reading is Lord for God.

Even the Father Creator of man in his own image. The twelve tribes did not fully recognise the Son.

Curse…men Especially at these times did the tribes curse their Roman conquerors and despots.

Similitude of God And so to curse as well as to murder (Genesis 1:26; Genesis 9:6) is aggravated by that similitude.