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Jude 1:10

8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

12 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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BSB
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
KJV
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
WEB
But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.
ASV
But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.
DARBY
But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.
BLB
But these indeed blaspheme whatever things they have not seen; and whatever things they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they corrupt themselves.
ÅB
Disse derimot spotter det de ikke kjenner; men det de av naturen skjønner, slik som de ufornuftige dyr, med det ødelegger de seg.
OTB
Likevel spotter disse menneskene hva de ikke forstår, og de tingene de forstår ved instinkt, som ufornuftige dyr, vil ødelegge dem.
B1930
Disse derimot spotter det de ikke kjenner; men det de av naturen skjønner, likesom de ufornuftige dyr, med det ødelegger de sig.

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  • 2 Peter 2:12

    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;

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  • Romans 1:21–22

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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