James 4:2
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 James 4:2 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
You crave, yet do not obtain. You murder and rage, yet cannot gain your end. You quarrel and fight. You do not obtain, because you do not ask.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Ihr gelüstet und habt nichts; ihr tötet und neidet und könnet nichts erlangen; ihr streitet und krieget; ihr habt nichts, weil ihr nicht bittet;
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Codiciáis, y no tenéis; matáis y ardéis de envidia, y no podéis alcanzar; combatís y guerreáis, y no tenéis lo que deseáis, porque no pedís.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Cobiçais, e nada tendes; matais e sois invejosos, mas não conseguis obter; combateis e guerreais, mas nada tendes, porque não pedis.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Desejais e nada tendes, matais e invejais e nada sois capazes de obter, lutais e contendeis. Não tendes, porque não pedis.
📖 James 4:2 in Context
1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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