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2 Peter 2:17

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

16 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.

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

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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
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
KJV
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
WEB
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
ASV
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.
DARBY
These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever].
BLB
These are springs without waters and mists being driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been kept.
ÅB
Disse er vannløse brønner, tåke som drives av stormvind; mørkets natt er reservert for dem.
OTB
Disse er kilder uten vann og tåker drevet av en storm, for hvem det dypeste mørket er reservert.
B1930
Disse er vannløse brønner, skodde som drives av stormvind; mørkets natt er rede for dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jude 1:12–13

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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  • Jeremiah 14:3

    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

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  • Ephesians 4:14

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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  • Matthew 25:30

    And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

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  • Matthew 8:12

    But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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  • Job 6:14–17

    A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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  • Hosea 6:4

    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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