James 4:3⥂
KJV:
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
BSB:
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Greek:
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.
Topics:
LUST • SIN • WICKED (PEOPLE)

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Translation Greek Transliteration [morphology] Texts
You ask αἰτεῖτε aiteite V-PAI-2P NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
not οὐ ou PRT-N NKO
receive, λαμβάνετε, lambanete V-PAI-2P NKO
because διότι dioti CONJ NKO
wrongly κακῶς kakōs ADV NKO
you ask, αἰτεῖσθε, aiteisthe V-PMI-2P NKO
that ἵνα ina CONJ NKO
in ἐν en PREP NKO
the ταῖς tais T-DPF NKO
pleasures ἡδοναῖς hēdonais N-DPF NKO
of you ὑμῶν humōn P-2GP NKO
you may spend [it]. δαπανήσητε. dapanēsēte V-AAS-2P NKO

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