^1:17Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I?³⁴ Or do I make my plans³⁵ according to mere human standards³⁶ so that I would be saying³⁷ both “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

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Footnotes

34 The Greek construction anticipates a negative answer. This is indicated in the translation by the ‘tag’ question “did I?” at the end of the sentence.
35 Grk “the things that I plan, do I plan (them).”
36 Grk “according to the flesh.”
37 Grk “so that with me there should be.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now when I planned this, was I of two minds? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human way so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

NLTNew Living Translation

You may be asking why I changed my plan. Do you think I make my plans carelessly? Do you think I am like people of the world who say “Yes” when they really mean “No”?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, when I was wanting to do this, perhaps then was I making use of vacillation? Or was I deciding what I was deciding according to the flesh, in order that with me my “yes” may be “yes” and my “no” may be “no” at the same time?

KJV 1900King James Version

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

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