Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
Vacillating as he is, irresolute at every turn.
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.
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.
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.
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 36 Translations in James 1:8
Prayers for James 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Trials, Testing, And Faith
7 Such a man must not expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 Vacillating as he is, irresolute at every turn. 9 Let a Brother in humble circumstances be proud of his exalted position, but a rich Brother of his humiliation;
Cross References
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes only for adulteresses, eyes never tired of sin; they entice weak souls; their minds are trained to covet; they live under a curse.
2 Peter 3:16
It is the same in all his letters, when he speaks in them about these subjects. There are some things in them difficult to understand, which untaught and weak people distort, just as they do all other writings, to their own Ruin.
Matthew 6:22
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.