King James Version with Apocrypha
"Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"
— James 3:11, King James Version with Apocrypha
“Doth 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 a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?”
“A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?”
“Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water?”
“Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?”
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
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.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.