Verse (Click for Chapter) New King James Version You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. King James Bible Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. American Standard Version Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures. Berean Study Bible And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. Douay-Rheims Bible You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences. English Revised Version Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures. World English Bible You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. Young's Literal Translation ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend it. James 4:3 Additional Translations ... Links James 4:3 NIVJames 4:3 NLT James 4:3 ESV James 4:3 NASB James 4:3 NKJV James 4:3 KJV |