5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?


In Context

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.

3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, |The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously|?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Do you think that the scripture said in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy?