James 4:3
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 James 4:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
You ask, yet do not receive, because you ask for a wrong purpose — to spend what you get on your pleasures.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
ihr bittet und empfanget nichts, weil ihr übel bittet, auf daß ihr es in euren Lüsten vergeudet.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Pedís, y no recibís, porque pedís mal, para gastar en vuestros deleites.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Pedis, e não recebeis, porque pedis mal, para gastardes nos vossos prazeres.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pedis e não recebeis porque pedis mal, com o fim de usardes isso para vossos prazeres.
📖 James 4:3 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.
5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
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