12is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water is able to make.


In Context

9 with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

10 out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

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

12 is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water is able to make.

13 Who is wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

James 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither can'salt water yield sweet.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither can salt water make sweet water.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Can the fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.