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Tiago 3:11

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Tiago 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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Tiago 3:11 In-Context

9 Com a língua bendizemos o Senhor e Pai e com ela amaldiçoamos os homens, feitos à semelhança de Deus.
10 Da mesma boca procedem bênção e maldição. Meus irmãos, não pode ser assim!
11 Acaso podem sair água doce e água amarga da mesma fonte?
12 Meus irmãos, pode uma figueira produzir azeitonas ou uma videira figos? Da mesma forma, uma fonte de água salgada não pode produzir água doce.
13 Quem é sábio e tem entendimento entre vocês? Que o demonstre por seu bom procedimento, mediante obras praticadas com a humildade que provém da sabedoria.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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