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James 3:11-12
New International Version
James 3:11-12
New International Version
11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?(A) Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
James 3:11-12
King James Version
James 3:11-12
King James Version
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.
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James 3:11-12
New King James Version
James 3:11-12
New King James Version
11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a (A)fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? [a]Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.
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- James 3:12 NU Neither can a salty spring produce fresh water.
James 3:11-12
English Standard Version
James 3:11-12
English Standard Version
11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
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