| James 3:11 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Do clean and polluted water flow out of the same spring?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? |
| ASV: | Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? |
| BBE: | Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water? |
| DBY: | Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter? |
| ERV: | Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? |
| WEY: | In a fountain, are fresh water and bitter sent forth from the same opening? |
| WBS: | Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? |
| WEB: | Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? |
| YLT: | doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter? |
| James 3:11 Cross References |
| XREF: | James 3:10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
James 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 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. |
| MHC: | 3:1-12 We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life, private or public, affords examples of this. Hell has more to do in promoting the fire of the tongue than men generally think; and whenever men's tongues are employed in sinful ways, they are set on fire of hell. No man can tame the tongue without Divine grace and assistance. The apostle does not represent it as impossible, but as extremely difficult. Other sins decay with age, this many times gets worse; we grow more froward and fretful, as natural strength decays, and the days come on in which we have no pleasure. When other sins are tamed and subdued by the infirmities of age, the spirit often grows more tart, nature being drawn down to the dregs, and the words used become more passionate. That man's tongue confutes itself, which at one time pretends to adore the perfections of God, and to refer all things to him; and at another time condemns even good men, if they do not use the same words and expressions. True religion will not admit of contradictions: how many sins would be prevented, if men would always be consistent! Pious and edifying language is the genuine produce of a sanctified heart; and none who understand Christianity, expect to hear curses, lies, boastings, and revilings from a true believer's mouth, any more than they look for the fruit of one tree from another. But facts prove that more professors succeed in bridling their senses and appetites, than in duly restraining their tongues. Then, depending on Divine grace, let us take heed to bless and curse not; and let us aim to be consistent in our words and actions. |
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