James 1:5-6
New American Standard Bible
5 But if any of you (A)lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and [a]without reproach, and (B)it will be given to him. 6 But he must (C)ask in faith (D)without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, (E)driven and tossed by the wind.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- James 1:5 Lit does not reproach
James 1:5-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.(A) 6 But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
Read full chapter
James 1:5-6
New English Translation
5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.
Read full chapter
James 1:5-6
New Living Translation
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.
Read full chapter
James 1:5-6
English Standard Version
James 1:8
New American Standard Bible
8 being a (A)[a]double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- James 1:8 I.e., a chronic doubter
James 1:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 An indecisive[a] man is unstable in all his ways.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- James 1:8 Or A doubting, or A double-minded
James 1:8
New English Translation
8 since he is a double-minded individual,[a] unstable in all his ways.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- James 1:8 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 (anēr), 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.
James 1:8
New Living Translation
8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
Read full chapter
James 1:8
English Standard Version
8 (A)he is a double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.
Read full chapterNew American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
