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James 1:8-10
New International Reader's Version
James 1:8-10
New International Reader's Version
8 This kind of person can’t make up their mind. They can never decide what to do.
9 Here’s what believers who are in low positions in life should be proud of. They should be proud that God has given them a high position in the kingdom. 10 But rich people should take pride in their low positions. That’s because they will fade away like wild flowers.
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James 1:8-10
New International Version
James 1:8-10
New International Version
8 Such a person is double-minded(A) and unstable(B) in all they do.
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.(C) 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(D)
James 1:8-10
King James Version
James 1:8-10
King James Version
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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James 1:8-10
New King James Version
James 1:8-10
New King James Version
8 he is (A)a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
The Perspective of Rich and Poor
9 Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, 10 but the rich in his humiliation, because (B)as a flower of the field he will pass away.
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James 1:8-10
English Standard Version
James 1:8-10
English Standard Version
8 (A)he is a double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and (C)the rich in his humiliation, because (D)like a flower of the grass[a] he will pass away.
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- James 1:10 Or a wild flower
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