Berean Standard Bible
“My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.”
James teaches about the tongue and how it can bless and curse. He uses images from nature to show the inconsistency.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
World English Bible (WEB)
Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
King James Version (KJV)
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water is able to make.
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Hermanos míos, ¿puede la higuera producir aceitunas, ó la vid higos? Así ninguna fuente puede hacer agua salada y dulce.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Hermanos míos, no puede dar aceitunas una higuera ni higos una vid. Tampoco puede una fuente dar agua salada y agua dulce.
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