James 4:2
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2Ye lust, and have not: ye ||bkill, and cdesire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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- ||[Or, envy].
- bch. 5:6.
- cSee 1 Cor. 12:31.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask.
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You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
You desire and do not have; you murder and are filled with envy, and are not able to obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
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