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James 3:12

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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James 3:12 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

James 3:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

James 3:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.

James 3:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

James 3:12 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree make olives, or can a grapevine make figs? No! And a well full of salty water cannot give good water.

James 3:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.

James 3:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither can salt water make sweet water.

James 3:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree produce olives? Can a grapevine produce figs? In the same way, a pool of salt water can’t produce fresh water. 

James 3:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a saltwater spring yield fresh water.

James 3:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

James 3:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water.

James 3:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives? Can a grapevine bear figs? Of course not. And a saltwater spring can’t produce fresh water either.

James 3:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.


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