ISB ~ James 4 v5

He yearns jealously:This saying is not found verbatim in any extant text of the OT. It is probably a paraphrase of several biblical verses and ideas.

• According to the RSV translation of the passage, God has given us a spirit to inhabit our bodies (Gen 6:3), and he jealously forbids allegiance to any other gods besides him (Ex 20:5). Another, perhaps preferable, translation is the following: “The spirit he has made to dwell in us yearns enviously.” Read in this way, the passage stresses that envy corrupts the spirit of man and makes it a friend of the world rather than a friend of God, who gave it (4:4; Gen 8:21).