James 3:11

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

King James Version
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Other Translations for James 3:11

BSB
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
AKJV
Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
CPDV
Does a fountain emit, out of the same opening, both sweet and bitter water?
ERV
Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?
NHEB
Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
SMT
Much less from the same aperture does a fountain bubble out sweet and bitter?

Commentary for James 3:11

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Barnes’ Notes Classic commentary from Albert Barnes Matthew Henry Commentary Classic commentary from Matthew Henry
Overview of James 3:11
Summary
Source cannot produce opposite substances
Event
Fountain analogy presented
Estimated Time Period
1st century AD
Category
Teaching