James 3:11

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for James 3:11

Doeth a fountaine send foorth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Does a fountain send out from the same opening {both} fresh and bitter {water?}
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet `water' and bitter?
- American Standard Version (1901)

Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
- Basic English Bible

Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?
- Darby Bible

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
- Webster's Bible

In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening?
- Weymouth Bible

Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
- World English Bible

Whether a welle of the same hoole bringith forth swete and salt watir?
- Wycliffe Bible

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible Commentary for James 3:11

Wesley's Notes for James 3:11


3:9 Men made after the likeness of God - Indeed we have now lost this likeness; yet there remains from thence an indelible nobleness, which we ought to reverence both in ourselves and others.

3:13 Let him show his wisdom as well as his faith by his works; not by words only.



People's Bible Notes for James 3:11


Jas 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter? In nature such incongruity is not shown. A fountain does not give out two kinds of waters.

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