James 3:11
“Doeth a fountaine send foorth at the same place sweet water and bitter?”
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James 3:11 Context
9Therewith blesse wee God, euen the Father: and therewith curse wee men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11Doeth a fountaine send foorth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12Can þe figtree, my brethren, beare oliue berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountaine both yeeld salt water & fresh. 13Who is a wise man and indued with knowledge amongst you? let him shew out of a good conuersation his workes with meekenes of wisedome.
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Other Translations for James 3:11
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?
- King James Version
Does a fountain send out from the same opening {both} fresh and bitter {water?}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet `water' and bitter?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
- Basic English Bible
Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?
- Darby Bible
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
- Webster's Bible
In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
- Weymouth Bible
Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
- World English Bible
Whether a welle of the same hoole bringith forth swete and salt watir?
- Wycliffe Bible
doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for James 3:11
Jas 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter? In nature such incongruity is not shown. A fountain does not give out two kinds of waters.