James 1:8
ContextNET © | since he is a double-minded individual, 1 unstable in all his ways. |
NIV © | he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. |
NASB © | being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. |
NLT © | They can’t make up their minds. They waver back and forth in everything they do. |
MSG © | adrift at sea, keeping all your options open. |
BBE © | For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways. |
NRSV © | [[EMPTY]] |
NKJV © | he is a double–minded man, unstable in all his ways. |
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NET © | since he is a double-minded individual, 1 unstable in all his ways. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “a man of two minds,” continuing the description of the person in v. 7, giving the reason that he cannot expect to receive anything. The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2). sn A double-minded man is one whose devotion to God is less than total. His attention is divided between God and other things, and as a consequence he is unstable and therefore unable to receive from God. |