As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold. Violence and spoil shall be heard in her: infirmity and stripes are continually before me.
James 3:11 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Doth a fountain send forth, out of the same hole, sweet and bitter water? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter? American Standard Version (1901) Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter? Common English Bible Both fresh water and salt water don’t come from the same spring, do they? Catholic Public Domain Version Does a fountain emit, out of the same opening, both sweet and bitter water? English Standard Version 2016 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? |
As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold. Violence and spoil shall be heard in her: infirmity and stripes are continually before me.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes; or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.