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James 3:10–11

10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

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James 3:10–11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?

James 3:10–11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

James 3:10–11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right! 11 Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water?

James 3:10–11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

James 3:10–11 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 Praises and curses come from the same mouth! My brothers and sisters, this should not happen. 11 Do good and bad water flow from the same spring?

James 3:10–11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

James 3:10–11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 Out of the same mouth goes forth blessing and cursing. It is not right, my brethren, that these things should be thus. 11 Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and bitter?

James 3:10–11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 Praise and curses come from the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen! 11 Do clean and polluted water flow out of the same spring?

James 3:10–11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 Praising and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers, these things should not be this way. 11 Does a spring pour out sweet and bitter water from the same opening?

James 3:10–11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water?

James 3:10–11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so! 11 A spring does not pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter water, does it?

James 3:10–11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 Praise and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it shouldn’t be that way.

11 Can fresh water and salt water flow out of the same spring?

James 3:10–11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?


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