Parallel Verses

Daniel Mace New Testament

a diffident man is inconstant in all his actions.

New American Standard Bible

being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

King James Version

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Holman Bible

An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δίψυχος 
Dipsuchos 
Usage: 2

man
ἀνήρ 
Aner 
man, husband, sir, fellow, not tr
Usage: 198

ἀκατάστατος 
Akatastatos 
Usage: 1

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

his

Usage: 0

Devotionals

Devotionals about James 1:8

References

Hastings

Images James 1:8

Prayers for James 1:8

Context Readings

Trials, Testing, And Faith

7 such a man must not expect any answer from the Lord. 8 a diffident man is inconstant in all his actions. 9 Let him that is poor triumph in the advantages of being a christian.

Cross References

James 4:8

address your selves to God, and you will find him present with you: cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, you that are diffident.

2 Peter 2:14

their eyes are inflam'd with adultery, and unextinguishable vice: they insnare the souls of the inconstant. their minds are practis'd in the arts of avarice: an execrable race, who have deserted the right way,

2 Peter 3:16

as it were in all his epistles, where he takes notice of these things: in which there are some passages that are difficult to understand, which the illiterate, and unstable wrest, as they do the rest of the scriptures, to their own ruin.

Matthew 6:22

the eye is the light of the body: now if your eye be clear, your whole body will be enlightned.

Matthew 6:24

no man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will be attach'd to the one, and neglectful of the other. ye cannot serve God and Mamon.

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