Up until now you have not asked for anything in my name. [So now] ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete.
James 4:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) You people desire something and yet do not have it, [so] you murder [to get it]. You are envious [of what someone has] and [yet] are not able to obtain it, [so] you fight and quarrel [over it]. You do not have [what you want] because you do not ask [God for it]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and can not obtain. You contend and war, and you have not, because you ask not. |
Up until now you have not asked for anything in my name. [So now] ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete.
Jesus answered her, “If you [only] knew the [real] gift of God, and who it is that said to you, ‘[Please], give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
But if any one of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, who gives to everyone generously and does not begrudge [the person who asks], and it will be given to him.
You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.
Every person who hates his brother is a murderer [in God’s sight]; and you [surely] know that no murderer has [the hope of] never ending life remaining in his heart.