James 1:8
Strong's Lexicon
[He is] a double-minded
δίψυχος (dipsychos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1374: (lit: of two souls, of two selves), double-minded, wavering. From dis and psuche; two-spirited, i.e. Vacillating.

man,
ἀνὴρ (anēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

unstable
ἀκατάστατος (akatastatos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 182: Unsettled, unstable (though these are hardly strong enough equivalents), almost anarchic. Inconstant.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

all
πάσαις (pasais)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

ways.
ὁδοῖς (hodois)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Young's Literal Translation
a two-souled man [is] unstable in all his ways.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.

New American Standard Bible
[being] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

King James Bible
A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

New Living Translation
Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

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

New American Standard Bible
being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

King James Bible
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.

International Standard Version
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he undertakes.

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

American Standard Version
a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

English Revised Version
a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

Young's Literal Translation
a two-souled man is unstable in all his ways.
















Cross References
Psalm 119:113
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

James 1:7
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

James 1:9
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

James 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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