## Every kind of wild animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is being tamed and has been tamed by mankind ##

The phrase "every kind" is a hyperbole that means "many kinds." This can be translated as an active clause: "People have learned to control many kinds of wild animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## reptile  ##

<b>reptile <b>- This is an animal that crawls on the ground. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

## sea creature ##

This is an animal that lives in water.

## no one among man is able to tame the tongue ##

Here, the word "tongue" is a metonym that refers to what a person says. The full meaning can be stated explicitly: "no person without God's help can control the tongue." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## restless evil, full of deadly poison ##

This is a metaphor which describes how a person can use their spoken words to hurt someone. It can be translated as "like an evil creature that never sleeps and it is ready to attack." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])