James 3:11
Taming the Tongue
10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! 11Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 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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Berean Standard Bible
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
American Standard Version (1901)
Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?
Bible in Basic English
Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
Douay-Rheims 1899
Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?
Free Bible Version
Does a spring send both sweet and bitter water out of the same opening?
Geneva Bible 1599
Doeth a fountaine send forth at one place sweete water and bitter?
King James (Authorized) Version
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Plain English Version
Do you ever find fresh water and salt water coming from the same water-hole? No, it is never like that. And you never find 2 sorts of fruit on one tree. So our mouths shouldn’t say 2 sorts of things. We shouldn’t say good things and bad things with the same mouth.
Translation for Translators
Surely bitter water and good water do not come out of the same spring! [RHQ]
Unlocked Literal Bible
Does a spring pour out from its opening both sweet and bitter water?
Noah Webster Bible
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?
Young's Literal Translation
doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?