James Chapter 3 verse 11 Holy Bible
Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet `water' and bitter?
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Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
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Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?
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Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
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Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
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doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 11, 12. - Illustrations showing the absurdity of the conduct reprobated. From one principle opposite things cannot be produced. Nothing can bring forth that which is not corresponding to its nature. (1) The same fountain cannot give both sweet and bitter water. (2) A fig tree cannot yield olives, nor a vine figs. (3) Salt water cannot yield sweet. . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Doth a (or, the) fountain send forth (literally, spurt) at the same place (or, hole, see margin) sweet water and bitter (i.e., fresh water and salt)?--A vivid picture, probably, of the mineral springs abounding in the Jordan valley, near the Dead Sea; with which might be contrasted the clear and sparkling rivulets of the north, fed by the snows of Lebanon. Nature had no confusion in her plans; and thus to pour out curse and blessing from the same lips were unnatural indeed. Or, again--
