Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
A man divided in opinion unsteady in all his ways.
New American Standard Bible
being a
King James Version
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Holman Bible
An indecisive
International Standard Version
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes.
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.
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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References
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Word Count of 36 Translations in James 1:8
Prayers for James 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trials, Testing, And Faith
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A man divided in opinion unsteady in all his ways. 9 And let the humble brother boast in his elevation:
Cross References
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of an adulteress, not ceasing from sin; decoying unstable souls: having a heart exercised with covetousness; children of a curse:
2 Peter 3:16
As also in all the epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things difficult to understand, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also the rest of the writings, to their own perdition.
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah will draw near to all the people and say, How long halt ye upon two opinions? if Jehovah is God, go ye after him: and if Baal, go ye after him. And the people answered him not a word.
2 Kings 17:33
They were fearing Jehovah, and were serving their gods according to the judgment of the nations who carried them into exile from thence,
2 Kings 17:41
And these nations were fearing Jehovah and were serving their carved images, also their sons and their sons sons; as their fathers did, they are doing even to this day.
Isaiah 29:13
And Jehovah will say, Because that this people drew near with their month, and honored me with their lips, and their heart was far from me, and their fear towards me shall be taught from the command of men.
Hosea 7:8-11
Ephraim will mingle himself among my people; Ephraim was a cake not turned.
Hosea 10:2
Their heart was divided; now shall they be guilty: he will break down their altars, he shall lay waste their images
Matthew 6:22
The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.
Matthew 6:24
None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.