James 4

NET

5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?


Darby

5 Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviouslyD9201?


Darby Bible Notes

enviously - I have, with some hesitation, translated this passage as above. I cannot find that the Greek word is used in a good or holy sense of jealousy. The application to what precedes is evident.


KJV

5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?K7248


KJV Bible Notes

to envy?: Or, enviously.