King James Version

James 1:8

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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ἀνὴρanērmanἀνήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.manδίψυχοςdipsuchosdouble-mindedδίψυχοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “double-minded”, the subject formG1374(lit: of two souls, of two selves), double-minded, wavering.ἀκατάστατοςakatastatosis unstableἀκατάστατοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “is unstable”, the subject formG182unsettled, unstable (though these are hardly strong enough equivalents), almost anarchic.This verse uses “unstable”.is unstableἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inπάσαιςpasaisallπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδοῖςhodoiswaysὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “ways”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.waysαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

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