James 4:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

James 4:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

James 4:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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James 4:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.”

James 4:2 — World English Bible

James 4:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. ”

James 4:2 — American Standard Version

James 4:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;”

James 4:2 — Young's Literal Translation

James 4:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not. ”

James 4:2 — Darby Translation

James 4:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Ye lust, and haue not: ye enuie, and desire immoderately, and cannot obtaine: ye fight and warre, and get nothing, because ye aske not.”

James 4:2 — Geneva Bible

James 4:2 in Context — James 4

1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

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.

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

4 Ye 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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What Does James 4:2 Mean?

James 4:2 is a verse from the Book of James, part of the New Testament. It appears in James chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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