James 1:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.

English ASV

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

English Amplified

[For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

being double-minded and unstable in all his ways.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

[he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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

English God's Word - GW 1995

A person who has doubts is thinking about two different things at the same time and can't make up his mind about anything.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.

English KJV 1611

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He can't make up his mind. He can never decide what to do.

English NIV

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

They can't make up their minds. They waver back and forth in everything they do.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If you don't ask with faith, don't expect the Lord to give you any solid answer.

English Tyndale 1537

A wavering minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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