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OET (OET-RV) because that person is double-minded, and everything they attempt ends up in difficulty.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀνὴρ δίψυχος
/a/_man double-minded
James speaks of this person as if he had two minds, with one mind deciding to do one thing and the other mind deciding to do something else. Alternate translation: “a man who cannot make up his mind”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ἀνὴρ δίψυχος
/a/_man double-minded
James is using the term man in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “a person who cannot make up his mind”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἀκατάστατος ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ
disturbance in all the ways ˱of˲_him
James is speaking as if life presented paths for people to follow, and he is speaking of this person as if he could not settle on which path to take. Alternate translation: “who cannot decide whether to do one thing or another”
1:8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world (literally They are double-minded): James might have created the Greek word used here. He emphasizes the need for confidence in God alone.
OET (OET-RV) because that person is double-minded, and everything they attempt ends up in difficulty.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.