Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes.
New American Standard Bible
being a
King James Version
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Holman Bible
An indecisive
A Conservative Version
a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
American Standard Version
a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
Amplified
being a double-minded man, unstable and restless in all his ways [in everything he thinks, feels, or decides].
An Understandable Version
because he is double-minded and undecided in all that he does [i.e., he cannot make up his mind and follow through about anything].
Anderson New Testament
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Bible in Basic English
For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.
Common New Testament
being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Daniel Mace New Testament
a diffident man is inconstant in all his actions.
Darby Translation
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Godbey New Testament
the double-minded man, the most unstable in all his ways.
John Wesley New Testament
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Julia Smith Translation
A man divided in opinion unsteady in all his ways.
King James 2000
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Modern King James verseion
he is a double-minded man, not dependable in all his ways.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A wavering minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Moffatt New Testament
double-minded creature that he is, wavering at every turn.
Montgomery New Testament
double-minded as he is, unstable at every turn.
NET Bible
since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.
New Heart English Bible
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Noyes New Testament
a doubleminded man as he is, unstable in all his ways.
Sawyer New Testament
a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
The Emphasized Bible
A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
A double-minded man is unsteady in all his ways.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Vacillating as he is, irresolute at every turn.
Webster
A man unsettled in his opinions is unstable in all his ways.
Weymouth New Testament
such a one is a man of two minds, undecided in every step he takes.
Williams New Testament
(1:7) unreliable in every step he takes, must not expect to get anything from the Lord.
World English Bible
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Worrell New Testament
a double-souled man, unstable in all his ways.
Worsley New Testament
A double-minded man is inconstant in all his ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
a two-souled man is unstable in all his ways.
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Trials, Testing, And Faith
7 Such a person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes. 9 A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,
Cross References
James 4:8
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
2 Peter 2:14
With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse.
2 Peter 3:16
He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, leading to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.
1 Kings 18:21
where Elijah approached all the people and asked them, "How long will you keep hesitating between both sides? If the LORD is God, go after him. If Baal, go after him." But the people didn't say a word.
2 Kings 17:33
While they continued to fear the LORD, they served their own gods, following the custom of the nations whom they had carried away from there.
2 Kings 17:41
These nations feared the LORD and also served their carved images. Their descendants did the same thing, as did their grandchildren. Just as their ancestors had done, they also do the same thing to this day.
Isaiah 29:13
Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings.
Hosea 7:8-11
"Ephraim compromises with the nations; he's a half-baked cake.
Hosea 10:2
Their hearts are divided; from now on they are to be found guilty. God will tear down their altars, he will destroy their stone idols.
Matthew 6:22
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:24
"No one can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!"