James 4:3

Ye aske and receiue not, because ye aske amisse, that yee may consume it vpon your lusts.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend {it} on your pleasures.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend `it' in your pleasures.
- American Standard Version (1901)

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
- Basic English Bible

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.
- Darby Bible

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

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

You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for James 4:3

4:3 But if ye do ask, ye receive not, because ye ask amiss - That is, from a wrong motive.