Jude 1:12

¹⁰ 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.

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;

¹³ Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

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: 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 are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
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Matthew 15:13
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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Ezekiel 34:8
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
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Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
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Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
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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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John 15:4–6
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
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2 Peter 2:13–14
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
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