Verse Comparison: James 4:3

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American Standard Version
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend `it' in your pleasures.

Amplified® Bible
[Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in sensual pleasures.

Darby English Version
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.

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.

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

Young's Literal Translation
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend `it'.

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