2 Peter 2:16-18
Amplified Bible
16 but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.(A)
17 These [false teachers] are springs without water and mists driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the gloom of black darkness. 18 For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
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2 Peter 2:16-18
New King James Version
16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 (A)These are wells without water, [a]clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness [b]forever.
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18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [c]have actually escaped from those who live in error.
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- 2 Peter 2:17 NU and mists
- 2 Peter 2:17 NU omits forever
- 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
2 Peter 2:16-18
English Standard Version
16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; (A)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
17 (B)These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. (C)For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18 For, (D)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (E)escaping from those who live in error.
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2 Peter 2:16-18
New American Standard Bible
16 but he received a rebuke for his own offense, (A)for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.
17 These are (B)springs without water and mists driven by a storm, (C)for whom the [a]black darkness has been reserved. 18 For, while speaking out (D)arrogant words of no (E)value they (F)entice by fleshly desires, by (G)indecent behavior, those who barely (H)escape from the ones who live in error,
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- 2 Peter 2:17 Lit blackness of darkness
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