King James Version

James 4:2

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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ἐπιθυμεῖτεepithumeiteYe lustἐπιθυμέω (epithumeō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “Ye lust”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1937I long for, covet, lust after, set the heart upon.Ye lustκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔχετεecheteye haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ye haveφονεύετεphoneueteto murderφονεύω (phoneuō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to murder”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5407I murder, kill.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ζηλοῦτεzēloutebe eagerζηλόω (zēloō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “be eager”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2206(a) intrans: I am jealous, (b) trans: I am jealous of, with acc. of a person; I am eager for, am eager to possess, with acc. of a thing.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notδύνασθεdunasthebe ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “be able”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.ἐπιτυχεῖνepitucheinto obtainἐπιτυγχάνω (epitunchanō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to obtain”, a single actionG2013I attain, obtain, acquire.This verse uses “obtain”.μάχεσθεmachestheto quarrelμάχομαι (machomai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “to quarrel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3164I engage in battle, fight; hence: I strive, contend, dispute.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πολεμεῖτεpolemeiteto fightπολεμέω (polemeō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to fight”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4170I make war, contend, fight, battle.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἔχετεecheteto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.διὰdiabecauseδιάpreposition — “because”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.becauseτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notαἰτεῖσθαιaiteisthaito askαἰτέω (aiteō)verb, present middle infinitive — “to ask”, an ongoing or repeated actionG154I ask, request, petition, demand.This verse uses “ask”.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeyetδέconjunction — “yet”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

ye desire, and ye have not; ye murder, and are zealous, and are not able to attain; ye fight and war, and ye have not, because of your not asking;

World English Bible

You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

Darby Translation

Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.

Douay-Rheims

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.

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