King James Version

James 4:1

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from where” (πόθεν) before quarrels here.

ΠόθενpothenFrom whenceπόθενadverb — “From whence”G4159whence, from what place.From whenceπόλεμοιpolemoicome warsπόλεμος (polemos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “come wars”, the subject formG4171a war, battle, strife.come warsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπόθενpothenwhenceπόθενadverb — “whence”G4159whence, from what place.μάχαιmachaifightingsμάχη (machē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “fightings”, the subject formG3163(earlier: a battle, conflict, hence) in the sphere of words, etc: strife, contention, quarrel.fightingsἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.youοὐκouk? come they notοὐ (ou)particle — “? come they not”G3756no, not.? come they notἐντεῦθενenteuthenhenceἐντεῦθενadverb — “hence”G1782hence, from this place, on this side and on that.This verse uses “hence”.henceἐκekeven ofἐκpreposition — “even of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.even ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡδονῶνhēdonōnlustsἡδονή (hēdonē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “lusts”, the of-formG2237pleasure, a pleasure, especially sensuous pleasure; a strong desire, passion.lustsὑμῶνhumōnyourσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “your”, the of-formG4771you.yourτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στρατευομένωνstrateuomenōnto battleστρατεύομαι (strateuomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, feminine — “to battle”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4754I wage war, fight, serve as a soldier; fig: of the warring lusts against the soul.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.μέλεσινmelesinmembersμέλος (melos)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “members”, the to- or for-formG3196a bodily organ, limb, member.membersὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence — out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

Young’s Literal Translation

Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence — out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

World English Bible

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

Darby Translation

Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?

Douay-Rheims

From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?

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