James 3:11
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Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?

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James 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?

Context
Taming the Tongue
10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water? 12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:7
As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold: violence and spoil shall be heard in her, infirmity and stripes are continually before me.

James 3:10
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

James 3:12
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes? Or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.

Lexicon
[Can]
μήτι (mēti)
IntPrtcl
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 1099: Sweet. Of uncertain affinity; sweet.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

bitter [water]
πικρόν (pikron)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4089: Bitter, acrid, malignant. Perhaps from pegnumi; sharp, i.e. Acrid.

flow
βρύει (bryei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1032: To cause to gush forth, send forth. A primary verb; to swell out, i.e. to gush.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 4077: A fountain, spring, well, issue, flow. Probably from pegnumi; a fount, i.e. Source or supply.


Additional Translations
Can both fresh water and bitter water flow from the same spring?

Does the spring pour forth out of the same opening both fresh and bitter?

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

Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

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

Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

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

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

Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
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