James 4:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

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Common English Bible

You ask and don’t have because you ask with evil intentions, to waste it on your own cravings.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

You ask and you do not receive, because you ask badly, so that you may use it toward your own desires.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

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