James 3:12
“Can þe figtree, my brethren, beare oliue berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountaine both yeeld salt water & fresh.”
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James 3:12 Context
10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11Doeth a fountaine send foorth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12Can þe figtree, my brethren, beare oliue berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountaine both yeeld salt water & fresh. 13Who is a wise man and indued with knowledge amongst you? let him shew out of a good conuersation his workes with meekenes of wisedome. 14But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts glory not, and lie not against the trueth.
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Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
- King James Version
Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor {can} salt water produce fresh.
- New American Standard Version (1995)