Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? New Living Translation Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water? English Standard Version Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Berean Standard Bible Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? Berean Literal Bible Does the spring pour forth out of the same opening both fresh and bitter? King James Bible Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? New King James Version Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? New American Standard Bible Does a spring send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? NASB 1995 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? NASB 1977 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? Legacy Standard Bible Does a fountain pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter water? Amplified Bible Does a spring send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? Christian Standard Bible Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening? Holman Christian Standard Bible Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening? American Standard Version Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Is it possible that from one spring, sweet and bitter waters go out? Contemporary English Version Can clean water and dirty water both flow from the same spring? Douay-Rheims Bible Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water? English Revised Version Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? GOD'S WORD® Translation Do clean and polluted water flow out of the same spring? Good News Translation No spring of water pours out sweet water and bitter water from the same opening. International Standard Version A spring cannot pour both fresh and brackish water from the same opening, can it? Literal Standard Version does the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter? Majority Standard Bible Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? New American Bible Does a spring gush forth from the same opening both pure and brackish water? NET Bible A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it? New Revised Standard Version Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? New Heart English Bible Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? Webster's Bible Translation Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Weymouth New Testament In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening? 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? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context 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.… Cross References Jeremiah 6:7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me. James 3:10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! James 3:12 My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. Treasury of Scripture Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? place. James 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Jump to Previous Bitter Flow Forth Fountain Fresh Opening Outlet Pour Salt Spring Sweet WaterJump to Next Bitter Flow Forth Fountain Fresh Opening Outlet Pour Salt Spring Sweet WaterJames 3 1. We are not rashly or arrogantly to reprove others;5. but rather to bridle the tongue, a little member, 9. but a powerful instrument of much good, and great harm. 13. The truly wise are mild and peaceable, without envy and strife. (11) Doth a (or, the) fountain send forth (literally, spurt) at the same place (or, hole, see margin) sweet water and bitter (i.e., fresh water and salt)?--A vivid picture, probably, of the mineral springs abounding in the Jordan valley, near the Dead Sea; with which might be contrasted the clear and sparkling rivulets of the north, fed by the snows of Lebanon. Nature had no confusion in her plans; and thus to pour out curse and blessing from the same lips were unnatural indeed. Or, again--Verses 11, 12. - Illustrations showing the absurdity of the conduct reprobated. From one principle opposite things cannot be produced. Nothing can bring forth that which is not corresponding to its nature. (1) The same fountain cannot give both sweet and bitter water. (2) A fig tree cannot yield olives, nor a vine figs. (3) Salt water cannot yield sweet. . . . Greek [Can]μήτι (mēti) IntPrtcl Strong's 3385: If not, unless, whether at all. From me and the neuter of tis; whether at all. [both] fresh [water] γλυκὺ (glyky) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 1099: Sweet. Of uncertain affinity; sweet. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. bitter [water] πικρόν (pikron) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4089: Bitter, acrid, malignant. Perhaps from pegnumi; sharp, i.e. Acrid. flow βρύει (bryei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1032: To cause to gush forth, send forth. A primary verb; to swell out, i.e. to gush. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. same αὐτῆς (autēs) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. spring? πηγὴ (pēgē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4077: A fountain, spring, well, issue, flow. Probably from pegnumi; a fount, i.e. Source or supply. 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