11Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?


In Context

8 but the tongue can no one among men tame; it is an unsettled evil, full of death-bringing poison.

9 Therewith bless we the Lord and Father, and therewith curse we men made after the likeness of God.

10 Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus.

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

12 Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither can salt water make sweet water.

13 Who is wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;

James 3:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:11Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?