NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon αιτειτε verb - present active indicative - second person aiteo ahee-teh'-o: to ask (in genitive case) -- ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. και conjunction kai kahee: and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words ου particle - nominative ou oo: no or not -- + long, nay, neither, never, no (man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. λαμβανετε verb - present active indicative - second person lambano lam-ban'-o: to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively) διοτι conjunction dioti dee-ot'-ee: on the very account that, or inasmuch as -- because (that), for, therefore. κακως adverb kakos kak-oce': badly (physically or morally) -- amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore. αιτεισθε verb - present middle indicative - second person aiteo ahee-teh'-o: to ask (in genitive case) -- ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. ινα conjunction hina hin'-ah: in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) -- albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. εν preposition en en: in, at, (up-)on, by, etc. ταις definite article - dative plural feminine ho ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc. ηδοναις noun - dative plural feminine hedone hay-don-ay': sensual delight; by implication, desire -- lust, pleasure. υμων personal pronoun - second person genitive plural humon hoo-mone': of (from or concerning) you -- ye, you, your (own, -selves). δαπανησητε verb - aorist active subjunctive - second person dapanao dap-an-ah'-o: to expend, i.e. (in a good sense) to incur cost, or (in a bad one) to waste -- be at charges, consume, spend. 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. International Standard Version You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure. NET Bible you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions. Aramaic Bible in Plain English You ask and you do not receive, because you ask wickedly so that your lusts may be fed. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you pray for things, you don't get them because you want them for the wrong reason-for your own pleasure. King James 2000 Bible You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts. Links James 4:3James 4:3 NIV James 4:3 NLT James 4:3 ESV James 4:3 NASB James 4:3 KJV |
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