James 4:1

“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of James 4:1

From whence come warres and fightings among you? come they not hence, euen of your lusts, that warre in your members?
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original James chapter 4

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Whence `come' wars and whence `come' fightings among you? `come they' not hence, `even' of your pleasures that war in your members?
- American Standard Version (1901)

What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
- Basic English Bible

Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, -- from your pleasures, which war in your members?
- Darby Bible

From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?
- Douay Rheims Bible

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even from your lusts that war in your members?
- Webster's Bible

What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?
- Weymouth Bible

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
- World English Bible

Wherof ben batelis and cheestis among you? Whether not of youre coueitisis, that fiyten in youre membris?
- Wycliffe Bible

Whence [are] wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
- Youngs Literal Bible

Chris's comment on 2021-05-08 16:08:42:

Hi Merlinda. Many have wondered why Pharaoh & the Egyptians were treated so harshly by God, when prior to sending out the various plagues we often read that God had hardened Pharaoh's heart.

We first see that Pharaoh was an evil man, a brutal dictator who also enslaved the Israelites with terrible abuse & oppression. As well, he believed that he was a god or at least, an intermediary to the pantheon of gods (even as the people considered the pharaohs) & there was none their equal. So Pharaoh could say, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go." (Exodus 5:2). So Pharaoh's heart was already opposed & hardened towards the God Whom Moses & Aaron represented as we also see in some references: Exodus 7:22; 8:15,19,32; 9:7,34,35.

So when we read that it was God Who hardened the Pharaoh's heart (Exodus 4:21; 7:3; etc.), we have to conclude that indeed God did affect Pharaoh's heart against Him, but his heart was already hard & stubborn & God simply ensured that his heart would remain so during the time of affliction & punishment. God could well have done this to remind Pharaoh who this God of Moses was, the mightier works that He can do than what Pharaoh's magicians could do & how grossly wicked Pharaoh's acts were against the Israelites that warranted such stern punishment. Yet, God was still merciful in sparing the Egyptians lives, in spite of their suffering & loss of human life.

What should have been a repentance & softening of Pharaoh's heart, remained hard & this hardness was then made harder by God proving His Power over the Egyptians & His Love for His people, Israel, to free them from tyranny. Romans 9:17: "For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth." cf Exodus 9:16.

Merlinda Rose Jacobs's comment on 2021-05-07 13:40:28:

Why did God harden Pharaoh's heart to not let the Israelites go?

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