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2 Peter 2:17

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;

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

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.

19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Jude 1:12–13

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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  • Jeremiah 14:3

    And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

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  • Ephesians 4:14

    That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

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  • Matthew 25:30

    And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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  • Matthew 8:12

    But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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  • Job 6:14–17

    To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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  • Hosea 6:4

    O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

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