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Santiago 3:11

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Santiago 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 103.
F14 Isodor. Hispal. Originum, l. 13. c. 13. p. 115.
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Santiago 3:11 In-Context

9 Con la lengua bendecimos a nuestro Señor y Padre, y con ella maldecimos a las personas, creadas a imagen de Dios.
10 De una misma boca salen bendición y maldición. Hermanos míos, esto no debe ser así.
11 ¿Puede acaso brotar de una misma fuente agua dulce y agua salada?
12 Hermanos míos, ¿acaso puede dar aceitunas una higuera o higos una vid? Pues tampoco una fuente de agua salada puede dar agua dulce.
13 ¿Quién es sabio y entendido entre ustedes? Que lo demuestre con su buena conducta, mediante obras hechas con la humildad que le da su sabiduría.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "salada" . Lit. "amarga " (véase también v. 12).
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