James 4:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJames 4:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ἐπιθυμεῖτε
epithyméō
G1937
to desire
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἔχετε
échō
G2192
to have
φονεύετε
phoneúō
G5407
to murder
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ζηλοῦτε
zēlóō
G2206
to be zealous
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
δύνασθε
dýnamai
G1410
to be able
ἐπιτυχεῖν
epitynchánō
G2013
to obtain
μάχεσθε
máchomai
G3164
to fight
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
πολεμεῖτε
poleméō
G4170
to war
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἔχετε
échō
G2192
to have
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
αἰτεῖσθαι
aitéō
G154
to ask
ὑμᾶς
hymeîs
G5210
you
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
You covet, and you do not have. You kill and envy, and you are not able to obtain. You battle and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).