2 Peter 2:8

Suffering

⁶ if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

⁷ and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

⁹ if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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.

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: (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
KJV: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
WEB: (for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds),
ASV: (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds):
DARBY: (for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,)
BLB: (for that righteous [man] dwelling, among them, day after day, was tormented in [his] righteous soul in seeing and hearing [their] lawless works)—

ÅB: for den rettferdige bodde blant dem og ble pint dag for dag i sin rettferdige sjel ved de lovløse gjerningene han så og hørte;
OTB: (for ved det han så og hørte, følte den rettferdige mannen, mens han bodde blant dem, sin rettferdige sjel pint dag etter dag av deres lovløse gjerninger),
B1930: - for den rettferdige som bodde blandt dem, led dag for dag pine i sin rettferdige sjel ved de lovløse gjerninger han så og hørte -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 119:158
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
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Ezekiel 9:4
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
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Psalms 119:136
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
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1 Timothy 1:9
We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
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Proverbs 25:26
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
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Psalms 119:139
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
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James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
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Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
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