2 Peter 2:10-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.(A)
Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones; 11 however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.[a] 12 But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed, 13 suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions[b] as they feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery(B) and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!(C) 15 They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path(D) and have followed the path of Balaam,(E) the son of Bosor,[c] who loved the wages of unrighteousness(F) 16 but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.(G)
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- 2 Peter 2:11 Other mss read them from the Lord
- 2 Peter 2:13 Other mss read delighting in the love feasts
- 2 Peter 2:15 Other mss read Beor
2 Peter 2:10-16
Lexham English Bible
10 and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust[a] and who despise authority.
Bold and arrogant, they do not tremble in awe as they[b] blaspheme majestic beings, 11 whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them a demeaning judgment.[c] 12 But these persons, like irrational animals born only with natural instincts for capture and killing, blaspheming about things[d] they do not understand, in their destruction will also be destroyed, 13 being harmed as the wages of unrighteousness. Considering reveling in the daytime a pleasure, they are stains and blemishes, carousing in their deceitful pleasures when they[e] feast together with you, 14 having eyes full of desire for an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, and[f] having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children! 15 By[g] leaving the straight path, they have gone astray, because they[h] followed the way of Balaam the son of Bosor,[i] who loved the wages of unrighteousness, 16 but received a rebuke for his own lawlessness: a speechless donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness[j].
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- 2 Peter 2:10 Literally “in lust of defilement,” translated here as an attributive genitive
- 2 Peter 2:10 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“blaspheme”) which is understood as temporal
- 2 Peter 2:11 Some manuscripts have “a demeaning judgment from the Lord”
- 2 Peter 2:12 Literally “with reference to which”
- 2 Peter 2:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“feast together”) which is understood as temporal
- 2 Peter 2:14 Here “and” is supplied in keeping with English style
- 2 Peter 2:15 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“leaving”) which is understood as means
- 2 Peter 2:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“followed”) which is understood as causal
- 2 Peter 2:15 Although some English versions use “Beor” here, this is due to harmonization with the Old Testament; the vast majority of Greek manuscripts read “Bosor” here
- 2 Peter 2:16 Literally “the of the prophet madness”
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