New Testament · SCRIPTURE
James 3:12
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My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
BSB text & permissions
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
KJV text & permissions
Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither [can] salt water yield sweet.
ASV text & permissions
Is a fig tree able, my brothers, to make olives, or a vine, figs? Neither [can] salt produce sweet water.
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