James 3:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”
James 3:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 3:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 3:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.”
James 3:12 — World English Bible
James 3:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet. ”
James 3:12 — American Standard Version
James 3:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water <FI>is able<Fi> to make.”
James 3:12 — Young's Literal Translation
James 3:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt [water] make sweet water. ”
James 3:12 — Darby Translation
James 3:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Can ye figge tree, my brethren, bring forth oliues, either a vine figges? so can no fountaine make both salt water and sweete.”
James 3:12 — Geneva Bible
James 3:12 in Context — James 3
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
What Does James 3:12 Mean?
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