James 3:12

James 3:12 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

12Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, bear olives, or a vine bear figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

12Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

12My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

12can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

12Can ye figge tree, my brethren, bring forth oliues, either a vine figges? so can no fountaine make both salt water and sweete.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

12My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree produce olives? Can a grapevine produce figs? Of course not. And a saltwater spring can’t produce fresh water either.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

12A fig tree cannot give olives, my friends. A vine for grapes cannot give figs. And a salty spring cannot give sweet water.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

12Is a fig tree able, my brothers, to make olives? Or a vine figs? Neither is salty [water able] to have made sweet water.

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