James 4:3
Text Analysis
Strong'sGreekEnglishMorphology
154 [e]αἰτεῖτε
aiteite
You askV-PIA-2P
2532 [e]καὶ
kai
andConj
3756 [e]οὐ
ou
notAdv
2983 [e]λαμβάνετε,
lambanete
receive,V-PIA-2P
1360 [e]διότι
dioti
becauseConj
2560 [e]κακῶς
kakōs
wronglyAdv
154 [e]αἰτεῖσθε,
aiteisthe
you ask,V-PIM-2P
2443 [e]ἵνα
hina
thatConj
1722 [e]ἐν
en
inPrep
3588 [e]ταῖς
tais
theArt-DFP
2237 [e]ἡδοναῖς
hēdonais
pleasuresN-DFP
4771 [e]ὑμῶν
hymōn
of you,PPro-G2P
1159 [e]δαπανήσητε.
dapanēsēte
you may spend [it].V-ASA-2P





















Greek Texts
ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: Nestle 1904
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort / [NA27 and UBS4 variants]
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005
αἰτεῖτε, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: Greek Orthodox Church
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: Tischendorf 8th Edition
αἰτέω καί οὐ λαμβάνω διότι κακῶς αἰτέω ἵνα ἐν ὁ ἡδονή ὑμεῖς δαπανάω

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

ΙΑΚΩΒΟΥ 4:3 Greek NT: Stephanus Textus Receptus 1550
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε

James 4:3 Hebrew Bible
הן אתם מבקשים ואינכם מקבלים על אשר תתפללו ברעה למען תבלו בתאותיכם׃

James 4:3 Aramaic NT: Peshitta
ܫܐܠܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܢܤܒܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܡܛܠ ܕܒܝܫܐܝܬ ܫܐܠܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܕܬܬܪܤܘܢ ܪܓܝܓܬܟܘܢ ܀

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You ask and don't receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.
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