James 3:11

The spring does not pour forth from the same opening both the sweet and the bitter water, does it?

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

In Context

10Out of the same mouth come blessings and curses. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

12It is not possible, my brothers, for a fig tree to produce olives, or a vine to produce figs, is it? Thus no spring is able to produce both salt and sweet water. 1 Wisdom from Above

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Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13

Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →

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