And Ěliyahu came to all the people, and said, “How long would you keep hopping between two opinions? If יהוה is Elohim, follow Him; and if Ba‛al, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.
James 1:8 - The Scriptures 2009 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]. American Standard Version (1901) a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. Common English Bible They are double-minded, unstable in all their ways. Catholic Public Domain Version For a man who is of two minds is inconstant in all his ways. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways. |
And Ěliyahu came to all the people, and said, “How long would you keep hopping between two opinions? If יהוה is Elohim, follow Him; and if Ba‛al, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.
They were fearing יהוה, and they were serving their own mighty ones, according to the ruling of the nations from among whom they had been exiled.
So these nations were fearing יהוה, and served their carved images, both their children and their children’s children. As their fathers did, they are doing to this day.
Sameḵ I have hated doubting thoughts, But I have loved Your Torah.
And יהוה says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught!
Their heart has been slippery, now they are guilty. He breaks down their slaughter-places, He destroys their pillars.
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, all your body shall be enlightened.
No one is able to serve two masters, for either he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall cleave to the one and despise the other. You are not able to serve Elohim and mammon.
For that man should not think that he shall receive whatever from the Master –
Draw near to Elohim and He shall draw near to you. Cleanse hands, sinners. And cleanse the hearts, you double-minded!
having eyes filled with an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable beings, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,
as also in all his letters, speaking in them concerning these matters, in which some are hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures.