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2 Peter 2:16

14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

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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.

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BSB
But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
KJV
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
WEB
but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A speechless donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
ASV
but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man`s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.
DARBY
but had reproof of his own wickedness [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
BLB
But he had reproof for his own violation of the law [by] a mute donkey; having spoken in a man’s voice, it restrained the madness of the prophet.
ÅB
og ble tilrettevist for sin egen overtredelse: et stumt trekkdyr talte med menneskestemme og hindret profetens galskap.
OTB
men han fikk en irettesettelse for sin egen overtredelse, for et stumt esel, talende med menneskelig stemme, hindret profetens galskap.
B1930
og blev refset for sin egen brøde: et umælende trældyr talte med et menneskes mæle og hindret profetens dårskap.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 22:21–33

    And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

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  • Acts 26:11

    And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

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  • Luke 16:11

    If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:3

    This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

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