James 3:11
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Doeth a fountaine send foorth at the same ‖place sweet water and bitter?
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James 3:11
Third-person singular present form of do: does.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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Sense 1: Pleasing to the taste or smell. Sense 2: Pleasant, agreeable, or delightful to the senses or mind.
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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
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Having a sharp, unpleasant taste opposed to sweet; grievous, harsh, painful, sorrowful, resentful, or severe in condition, feeling, speech, or effect.
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10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
11Doeth a fountaine send foorth at the same ‖place sweet water and bitter?
Selected passage12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
12Can y e figtree, my brethren, beare oliue berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountaine both yeeld salt water & fresh.