James 4:2 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

² You desire but do not have. You murder and are jealous but cannot obtain what you want. You fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become murderers. [To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.] You burn with envy and anger and are not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask. [I John 3:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

Common English Bible

² You long for something you don’t have, so you commit murder. You are jealous for something you can’t get, so you struggle and fight. You don’t have because you don’t ask.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² You desire, and you do not have. You envy and you kill, and you are unable to obtain. You argue and you fight, and you do not have, because you do not ask.

James 4:2 Cross References

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If yoʋ knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to yoʋ, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ yoʋ would have asked him, and he would have given yoʋ living water.”

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given to him.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous man; he does not resist you.

1 John 3:15

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.