James 3:7

"For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human race"every species" -Note that James doesn't lump all animals into the same category. He realizes that the animals fit into various classifications or categories."is tamed, and has been tamed" -James isn't teaching that man has been able to make every wild animal into. household pet. Rather, "Even though man has not been able to make. pet out of every wild beast or sea creature, he has been able to capture, cage, leash, or otherwise control any creature he wishes. Even the wildest of beasts can be put under man's control in. zoo" (Kent p. 122). In addition, mankind has been able to "tame" some very powerful creatures, "Every year men see in the circuses lions that are more gently disposed toward their keepers than some men are toward their benefactors, and bears rolling and wrestling and imitating our skills" (Adamson p. 145). This power over the animals was given to man by God at the beginning (Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:2).