James 3:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJames 3:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
δύναται
dýnamai
G1410
to be able
ἀδελφοί
adelphós
G80
brother
μου
egṓ
G1473
I
συκῆ
sykē
G4808
fig tree
ἐλαίας
elaía
G1636
olive tree
ποιῆσαι
poiéō
G4160
to make
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἄμπελος
ámpelos
G288
vine
σῦκα
sŷkon
G4810
fig
οὔτε
oúte
G3777
neither
ἁλυκὸν
halykós
G252
salt
γλυκὺ
glykýs
G1099
sweet
ποιῆσαι
poiéō
G4160
to make
ὕδωρ
hýdōr
G5204
water
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World English Bible Public Domain
Can 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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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
A fig tree is not able to make olives, is it, my brothers, or a grapevine, figs? Nor salty to make sweet water.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).