James 3:12

Or can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olives? or the vine, figs? So also salt waters cannot be made sweet.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King 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.

In Context

11Can there flow from the same fountain, sweet waters and bitter?

13Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show his works in praiseworthy actions, with modest wisdom.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:16And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles?

Luke 6:43There is no good tree, that beareth bad fruits; nor a bad tree, that beareth good fruits.

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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