Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;
New American Standard Bible
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
King James Version
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Holman Bible
That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
International Standard Version
Such a person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
A Conservative Version
For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
American Standard Version
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
Amplified
For such a person ought not to think or expect that he will receive anything [at all] from the Lord,
An Understandable Version
For that [doubting] person should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord [through prayer],
Anderson New Testament
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
Common New Testament
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
Daniel Mace New Testament
such a man must not expect any answer from the Lord.
Darby Translation
for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
Godbey New Testament
For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,
Goodspeed New Testament
Such a man must not expect to get anything from the Lord??8 an irresolute person like him, who is uncertain about everything he does.
John Wesley New Testament
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
Julia Smith Translation
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
King James 2000
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
Modern King James verseion
For do not let that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Moffatt New Testament
that man need not imagine he will get anything from God,
Montgomery New Testament
Such a man need not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
NET Bible
For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
New Heart English Bible
For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
Noyes New Testament
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,
Sawyer New Testament
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord,
The Emphasized Bible
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Such a man must not expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
Webster
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
Weymouth New Testament
A person of that sort must not expect to receive anything from the Lord--
Williams New Testament
Such a man, indeed, a person with two minds,
World English Bible
For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
Worrell New Testament
For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
Worsley New Testament
Let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.
Youngs Literal Translation
for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord --
Themes
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Instability
Interlinear
Ekeinos
ὅτι
Hoti
Usage: 764
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 1:7
Images James 1:7
Prayers for James 1:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trials, Testing, And Faith
6 Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind. 7 Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord; 8 For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Proverbs 21:27
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
Isaiah 1:15
And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:3-4
They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;
James 4:3
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.