James 3:11

Μήτι ἡ πηγὴ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ὀπῆς βρύει τὸ γλυκὺ καὶ τὸ πικρόν;

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 3385; mēti; μήτι; Not; IntPrtcl

Strongs 3588; hē; ἡ; the; Art-NFS

Strongs 4077; pēgē; πηγὴ; spring; N-NFS

Strongs 1537; ek; ἐκ; from out; Prep

Strongs 3588; tēs; τῆς; the; Art-GFS

Strongs 846; autēs; αὐτῆς; her; PPro-GF3S

Strongs 3692; opēs; ὀπῆς; opening; N-GFS

Strongs 1032; bryei; βρύει; pours forth; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 3588; to; τὸ; the; Art-ANS

Strongs 1099; glyky; γλυκὺ; sweet; Adj-ANS

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 3588; to; τὸ; the; Art-ANS

Strongs 4089; pikron; πικρόν; bitter; Adj-ANS

RBT Translation:

ὀπή - Bore, Aperture, Window Opening in the Roof

Does the Spring/Fount from out of the Aperture³ of herself burst forth the Sweet and the Bitter/Sharp?

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Much less from the same aperture does a fountain bubble out sweet and bitter?

LITV Translation:
Does the fountain out of the same hole send forth the sweet and the bitter?

Footnotes

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The noun ὀπή designates an “aperture, opening, or vent” (often in walls, roofs, or architectural structures), rather than a hole in the ground. For ground-depressions Greek more typically employs βόθρος (“pit, trench, cesspit”), λάκκος (“pit, hollow, natural or dug cavity”), or ὀρύγμα (“excavation, dug hole”). Thus ὀπή is better understood as an “eye-like opening” (cf. ὄψομαι), rather than a subterranean cavity.