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James 3:12

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12aCan a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce 1fresh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1V 11, note

Cross references

  1. aMatt 7:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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