Yǎgèshū 3:11

11 Quányuán cóng yī ge yǎn lǐ néng fāchū tián kǔ liǎngyàng de shuǐ ma .

Yǎgèshū 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

James 3:11

Doth a fountain send forth at the same place
"Or hole"; for at divers places, and at different times, as Pliny ^F13 observes, it may send forth

sweet [water] and bitter:
and it is reported ^F14, there is a lake with the Trogloditae, a people in Ethiopia, which becomes thrice a day bitter, and then as often sweet; but then it does not yield sweet water and bitter at the same time: this simile is used to show how unnatural it is that blessing and cursing should proceed out of the same mouth.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 103.
F14 Isodor. Hispal. Originum, l. 13. c. 13. p. 115.

Yǎgèshū 3:11 In-Context

9 Wǒmen yòng shétou sòngzàn nà wéi zhǔ wéi fù de , yòu yòng shétou zhòuzǔ nà zhào zhe shén xíngxiàng beì zào de rén .

10 Sòngzàn hé zhòuzǔ cóng yī ge kǒu lǐ chūlai , wǒde dìxiōng men , zhè shì bù yīngdāng de .

11 Quányuán cóng yī ge yǎn lǐ néng fāchū tián kǔ liǎngyàng de shuǐ ma .

12 Wǒde dìxiōng men , wúhuāguǒ shù néng shēng gǎnlǎn ma , pútàoshù néng jiē wúhuāguǒ ma . xián shuǐ lǐ yĕ bùnéng fāchū tián shuǐ lái .

13 Nǐmen zhōngjiān yǒu zhìhuì yǒu jiànshi de ne . tā jiù dāng zaì zhìhuì de wēnróu shang , xiǎn chū tāde shàn xíng lái .