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James 3:11

James 3:11
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place,.... "Or hole"; for at divers places, and at different times, as Pliny (m)…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place - Margin, “hole.” The Greek word means “opening, fissure,” such as there is…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Doth a fountain send forth - sweet water and bitter? - In many things nature is a sure guide to man; but no such…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714James 3:1-12

The foregoing chapter shows how unprofitable and dead faith is without works. It is plainly intimated by what this…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Doth a fountain The Greek gives the article, the fountain, as more emphatically generalising the question.

send forth at…