James 4:3

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

Manuscript comments

The greek text has 13 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.

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αἰτεῖτε
You ask καὶ
and οὐ
not λαμβάνετε,
receive, διότι
because κακῶς
wrongly αἰτεῖσθε,
you ask, ἵνα
that ἐν
in ταῖς
the ἡδοναῖς
pleasures ὑμῶν
of you, δαπανήσητε.
you may spend [it].

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Below is an interlinear version in table form that follows the word order of the original text. Clicking on the Strongs number will show the words in their basic form (note that sometimes the grammar causes not only the endings to change, but also the initial letters of the word).

Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G0154	αἰτεῖτε (aiteite)	You ask	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative pl. second person plural	V-PAI-2P
G2532	καὶ (kai)	and	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G3756	οὐ (oy)	not	Particle Particle Nominative Nominative	PRT-N
G2983	λαμβάνετε, (lambanete,)	receive,	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative pl. second person plural	V-PAI-2P
G1360	διότι (dioti)	because	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G2560	κακῶς (kakos)	wrongly	Adverb Adverb	ADV
G0154	αἰτεῖσθε, (aiteisthe,)	you ask,	VERB Verb pres. middle ind. present middle indicative pl. second person plural	V-PMI-2P
G2443	ἵνα (ina)	that	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G1722	ἐν (en)	in	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	ταῖς (tais)	the	Definite article Definite article dative pl. ♀ dative plural feminine	T-DPF
G2237	ἡδοναῖς (edonais)	pleasures	Noun Noun dative pl. ♀ dative plural feminine	N-DPF
G4771	ὑμῶν (ymon)	of you,	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun gen. pl. second person genitive plural	P-2GP
G1159	δαπανήσητε. (dapanesete.)	you may spend [it].	VERB Verb aorist active subj. aorist active subjunctive pl. second person plural	V-AAS-2P

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