James 4:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”
James 4:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
James 4:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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James 4:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.”
James 4:3 — World English Bible
James 4:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.”
James 4:3 — American Standard Version
James 4:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .”
James 4:3 — Young's Literal Translation
James 4:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.”
James 4:3 — Darby Translation
James 4:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ye aske, and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that ye might lay the same out on your pleasures.”
James 4:3 — Geneva Bible
James 4:3 in Context — James 4
1 ¿DE dónde [vienen] las guerras y los pleitos entre vosotros? ¿No [son] de vuestras concupiscencias, las cuales combaten en vuestros miembros?
2 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.
3 Pedís, y no recibís, porque pedís mal, para gastar en vuestros deleites.
4 Adúlteros y adúlteras, ¿no sabéis que la amistad del mundo es enemistad con Dios? Cualquiera pues que quisiere ser amigo del mundo, se constituye enemigo de Dios.
5 ¿Pensáis que la Escritura dice sin causa: El espíritu que mora en nosotros codicia para envidia?
What Does James 4:3 Mean?
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