2 Peter 2:16
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but was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with a man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.
but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
But he was rebuked for his own transgression when a dumb beast of burden spoke with human voice and checked the prophet’s madness.
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
but received a rebuke for his lawlessness: A speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
But Balaam was rebuked for his wrongdoing. A donkey, which has no voice, spoke with a human voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness.
but was rebuked for his sin — a dumb beast of burden spoke out with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s insanity!
But a donkey corrected him for this evil deed. It spoke to him with a human voice and made him stop his foolishness.
but had reproof of his own wickedness—[the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
But he had a rebuke of his own law-violation: a speechless donkey having uttered in the voice of a human restrained the madness of the prophet.
But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet.
But a donkey told him that he was doing wrong. A donkey cannot talk, of course, but that donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the prophet from acting so crazy.
But a donkey told him that he was not obeying God. We know that donkeys cannot talk. But that donkey spoke with a human voice. It stopped the prophet Balaam from doing more crazy things.
(He was rebuked for his disobedience. A donkey, which does not talk, spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.)
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
But a donkey, which cannot talk, ·told Balaam he was sinning [L rebuked his wrongdoing]. It spoke with a ·man’s [human] voice and stopped the prophet’s ·crazy thinking [madness; Num. 22:21–35; Jude 11].
But he was rebuked for his iniquity: for the dumb beast speaking with man’s voice forbade the foolishness of the Prophet.
But he was convicted for his evil. A donkey, which normally can’t talk, spoke with a human voice and wouldn’t allow the prophet to continue his insanity.
and was rebuked for his sin. His donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's insane action.
but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.
But a donkey told Balaam that he was sinning. And the donkey is an animal that cannot talk. But the donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the prophet’s crazy thinking.
But he was rebuked for his offense. A donkey that normally cannot talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s insanity.
But these men, with no more sense than the unreasoning brute beasts which are born to be caught and killed, scoff at things outside their own experience, and will most certainly be destroyed in their own corruption. Their wickedness has earned them an evil end and they will be paid in full. These are the men who delight in daylight self-indulgence; they are foul spots and blots, playing their tricks at your very dinner-table. Their eyes cannot look at a woman without lust, they captivate the unstable ones, and their techniques of getting what they want is, through long practice, highly developed. They are born under a curse, for they have abandoned the right road and wandered off to follow the old trail of Balaam, son of Peor, the man who had no objection to wickedness as long as he was paid for it. But he, you remember, was sharply reprimanded for his wickedness—by a donkey, of all things, speaking with a human voice to check the prophet’s wicked infatuation!
and was rebuked for his iniquity; a dumb animal accustomed to a yoke (upon which he was seated), speaking with man’s voice, hindered the madness of the prophet.
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
but was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
but he received a rebuke for his own lawlessness, for a mute donkey, speaking out with a voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
but received a rebuke for his own lawlessness: a speechless donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness.
but Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey spoke to him with a human voice, scolding and rebuking him.
They’ve left the main road and are directionless, having taken the way of Balaam, son of Beor, the prophet who turned profiteer, a connoisseur of evil. But Balaam was stopped in his wayward tracks: A dumb animal spoke in a human voice and prevented the prophet’s craziness.
but who was rebuked for his iniquity. The mute donkey speaking with a man’s voice constrained the madness of the prophet.
But he was rebuked for his own transgression—a dumb donkey, speaking with the voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
But he was convicted for his evil. A donkey, which normally can’t talk, spoke with a human voice and wouldn’t allow the prophet to continue his insanity.
but he received a rebuke for his own crime: a mute beast spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
but he received a rebuke for his own offense, for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.
but he received a rebuke for his own transgression, for a mute donkey, speaking with a voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
However, he received a rebuke for his crime when a mute donkey spoke with a human voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness.
But a donkey, which cannot talk, told Balaam he was sinning. It spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the prophet’s crazy thinking.
yet was rebuked for his own transgression (a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).
But a donkey corrected him for the wrong he did. Animals don’t speak. But the donkey spoke with a human voice. It tried to stop the prophet from doing a very dumb thing.
But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey – an animal without speech – who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
But he was stopped in his sin. A donkey spoke to him with a man’s voice. It stopped this early preacher from going on in his crazy way.
But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.
but was rebuked for his iniquity: the tame and dumb beast, speaking with man’s voice, opposed the foolishness of the prophet.
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
and was rebuked for his disobedience when a normally speechless donkey spoke in a human voice to stop the prophet’s madness in its tracks.
But he had tochachah (reproof) for his own peysha (transgression): a dumb chamor (donkey), having spoken in a man’s voice, hindered the madness of the meshuga navi.
But he was rebuked for his iniquity. The dumb beast, speaking with man’s voice, forbade the foolishness of the prophet.
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a dumb ass spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
but was rebuked for his own transgression; a dumb ass spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
But he received a rebuke for his own wrongdoing. A dumb donkey spoke with a man’s voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness.
but he was rebuked for crossing the line into sin; his own speechless donkey scolded him in a human voice, an amazing miracle that reined in the prophet’s insanity.
but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
But he was told to stop doing wrong. The animal he was riding talked with a man's voice. It tried to make the prophet stop his foolish way.
But he had reproving of his madness; a dumb beast under yoke, that spake with voice of man, that forbade the unwisdom of the prophet. [Soothly he had correction, or reproving, of his madness; a dumb beast under yoke, speaking with voice of a man, forbade the unwisdom of the prophet.]
and had a rebuke of his own iniquity -- a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet.
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