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James 3:12

My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

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ASV

can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.

KJV

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
μὴmēSurely notG3361 →
δύναται,dunataiis able,G1410 →
ἀδελφοίadelphoibrothersG80 →
μου,mouof mine,G3165 →
συκῆsukēa fig treeG4808 →
ἐλαίαςelaiasolivesG1636 →
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito produceG4160 →
ἢēOrG2228 →
ἄμπελοςampelosa vineG288 →
σῦκα;sukafigs?G4810 →
οὔτεouteNorG3777 →
ἁλυκὸνhalukonof saltG252 →
γλυκὺglukufreshG1099 →
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito produceG4160 →
ὕδωρ.¶hudōrwater.G5204 →

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Matthew 7:16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Luke 6:43–44No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.Matthew 7:16–20By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Luke 6:44For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.Genesis 1:11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?Romans 11:16–18If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.Ezekiel 47:8–11And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.Isaiah 5:2–4He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!2 Kings 2:19–22Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”Exodus 15:23–25And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)Revelation 3:10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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