2 Peter 2:12
10 Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
11 Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- KJV
- But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
- WEB
- But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
- ASV
- But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,
- DARBY
- But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,
- BLB
- But these, as irrational animals having been born naturally for capture and destruction, blaspheming in what they are ignorant of, in their destruction also will be destroyed,
- ÅB
- men disse, slik som ufornuftige dyr som av naturen er født til å fanges og gå til grunne — de skal, fordi de spotter det de ikke kjenner, også gå til grunne i sin fordervelse
- OTB
- Men disse, som ufornuftige dyr, født som instinktskapninger for å bli fanget og drept, taler nedsettende i saker de er uvitende om, vil i ødeleggelsen av disse skapningene også bli ødelagt,
- B1930
- men disse, likesom ufornuftige dyr, av naturen født til å fanges og forgå - de skal, fordi de spotter det de ikke kjenner, også forgå i sin vanart
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jude 1:10
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
Read in contextJeremiah 12:3
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
Read in contextGalatians 6:8
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Read in context2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
Read in contextPsalms 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Read in contextJeremiah 10:21
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Read in contextJeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
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