James 4:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αἰτεῖτε, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

Transliteration

You aiteite, and not you lambanete, because kakōs you aiteisthe, that in the hēdonais of you you may dapanēsēte.

Grammar Details

• *aiteite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - ask/request
• *lambanete*: present active indicative, 2nd plural - receive/take
• *kakōs*: adverb - wrongly/badly/evilly
• *aiteisthe*: present middle indicative, 2nd plural - ask/request
• *hēdonais*: dative, feminine, plural - pleasures/desires
• *dapanēsēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - spend/consume

Word Meanings

• *aiteite*: ask/request/beg
• *lambanete*: receive/take/accept
• *kakōs*: wrongly/badly/evilly/improperly
• *aiteisthe*: ask/request for yourselves
• *hēdonais*: pleasures/lusts/desires
• *dapanēsēte*: spend/consume/waste

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 and whatsoever {G1437} we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
• Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
• Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear: 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
• Prov 1:28 : 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
• Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!
• Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.
• Jer 11:14 : 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me because of their trouble.
• Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
• Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
• Zech 7:13 : 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
• Matt 20:22 : 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
• Mark 10:38 : 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
• Luke 15:13 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
• Luke 16:1-2 : 1 And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
• Jas 1:6-7 : 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
• Jas 4:1 : 1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?
• Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
• Job 35:12 : 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.