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Douay-Rheims
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You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.
King James
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Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Louis Second
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Vous demandez, et vous ne recevez pas, parce que vous demandez mal, dans le but de satisfaire vos passions
Martin Luther
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Ihr bittet und krieget nicht, darum daß ihr übel bittet, nämlich dahin, daß ihr's mit euren Wollüsten verzehret.
Vulgate
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petitis et non accipitis eo quod male petatis ut in concupiscentiis vestris insumatis

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


non : not.
eo : to advance, march on, go, leave.
quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.
male : peius : pessime : badly, ill, wrongly.
male : wickedly, with evil intent.
ut : (+ subj.) (result) so that, that.
ut : (+ subj.) (purpose) in order that, to, that.
ut : (+ indic.) when, as.
ut : (+ subj.) (command) to, that.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.