James 1:6-8

New International Version

⁶But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt,^(A) because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. ⁷That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. ⁸Such a person is double-minded^(B) and unstable^(C) in all they do.

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James 1:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶But he must ^(A)ask in faith ^(B)without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, ^(C)driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, ⁸being a ^(D)^[a]double-minded man, ^(E)unstable in all his ways.

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Footnotes

James 1:8 I.e., a chronic doubter

James 1:6-8

King James Version

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

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

⁸A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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James 1:6-8

New King James Version

⁶^(A)But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; ⁸he is ^(B)a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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James 1:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶But ^(A)let him ask in faith, ^(B)with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like ^(C)a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. ⁷For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; ⁸^(D)he is a double-minded man, ^(E)unstable in all his ways.