But he should ask in faith, without doubting, because the person who doubts [that he will receive wisdom] is like an ocean wave that is driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) For that [doubting] person should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord [through prayer], More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, American Standard Version (1901) For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; Common English Bible People like that should never imagine that they will receive anything from the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version then a man should not consider that he would receive anything from the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. |
But he should ask in faith, without doubting, because the person who doubts [that he will receive wisdom] is like an ocean wave that is driven and tossed by the wind.
because he is double-minded and undecided in all that he does [i.e., he cannot make up his mind and follow through about anything].
[When] you do ask, you do not receive it, because you ask from wrong motives, [just] so you can satisfy your own pleasures.