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James 4:3

New King James Version

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

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American Standard Version

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

Christian Standard Bible

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

English Standard Version

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

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

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

New International Version

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

New Living Translation

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

World English Bible

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