Jude 1:12

10 These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

11 Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

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.

13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

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 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.
KJV
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;
WEB
These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
ASV
These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
DARBY
These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together [with you] without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by [the] winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
BLB
These are the ones in your⁺ love feasts, hidden reefs feasting with [you] fearlessly, shepherding themselves; clouds without waters, being carried about by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice having died, having been uprooted;
ÅB
Disse er skamflekkene ved deres kjærlighets-måltider, uten blygsel holder de gilde med dere og forer seg selv; vannløse skyer som drives avsted av vinden; trær, nakne som om høsten, ufruktbare, to ganger død, opprykket med rot;
OTB
Disse er skavanker ved deres kjærlighetsmåltider, som fester med dere uten frykt, som hyrder som bare bryr seg om seg selv; skyer uten vann, drevet av vinder; høsttrær uten frukt, to ganger døde, opprykket med rot.
B1930
Disse er skamflekkene ved eders kjærlighets-måltider, uten blygsel holder de gilde med eder og forer sig selv; vannløse skyer som drives avsted av vinden; trær, nakne som om høsten, ufruktbare, to ganger død, oprykket med rot;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Peter 2:17–20

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

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  • Matthew 15:13

    But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

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  • Ezekiel 34:8

    ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

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  • Proverbs 25:14

    Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

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  • Philippians 3:19

    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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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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  • John 15:4–6

    Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

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  • 2 Peter 2:13–14

    The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

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