◄ James 3:11 ►
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Good News Translation
No spring of water pours out sweet water and bitter water from the same opening.

New Revised Standard Version
Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water?

Contemporary English Version
Can clean water and dirty water both flow from the same spring?

New American Bible
Does a spring gush forth from the same opening both pure and brackish water?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?

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Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?

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James 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?

Context
Taming the Tongue
…10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water? 12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:7
As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold: violence and spoil shall be heard in her, infirmity and stripes are continually before me.

James 3:10
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

James 3:12
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.

James 3:10
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