James 3:11 “Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?”

James 3:11

Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

World English Bible

Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

American Standard Version

Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

Geneva Bible 1599

Doeth a fountaine send forth at one place sweete water and bitter?

Darby Translation

Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?

Young's Literal Translation

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?

Bible in Basic English

Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?

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In context

10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!

12My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

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