James 3:12

Translation Comparison (18 available)

Original Language Text
greek
μὴ δύναται, ἀδελφοί μου, συκῆ ἐλαίας ποιῆσαι ἢ ἄμπελος σῦκα; ⸂οὔτε ἁλυκὸν⸃ γλυκὺ ποιῆσαι ὕδωρ.
English Translation
A fig tree, my brothers, cannot produce olives, nor can a grapevine produce figs; nor can salt water produce sweet water.

Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.

can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? so can no fountain yield salt water and sweet.

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?

Can, my brethren, a fig produce olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt [water] make sweet water.

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear grapes; or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet.

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

My friends, a fig tree can't produce olives, and a vine can't produce figs, any more than a salt water spring can produce fresh water!

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

Can ye figge tree, my brethren, bring forth oliues, either a vine figges? so can no fountaine make both salt water and sweete.

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

Is a fig tree able, my brothers, to make olives? Or a vine figs? Neither is salty water able to have made sweet water.

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

Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.

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

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

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.