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James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask zwrongly, to spend it on your passions.

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James 4:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

James 4:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

James 4:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.

James 4:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

James 4:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

Or when you ask, you do not receive because the reason you ask is wrong. You want things so you can use them for your own pleasures.

James 4:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

James 4:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures.

James 4:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

When you pray for things, you don’t get them because you want them for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure. 

James 4:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

James 4:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.

James 4:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend it on your pleasures.

James 4:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. Why? Because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.

James 4:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.


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