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Jude 1:9

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Spiritual warfare

7 In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

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.

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BSB
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
KJV
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.
WEB
But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”
ASV
But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
DARBY
But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against [him], but said, [The] Lord rebuke thee.
BLB
But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil, reasoning about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring against [him] a judgment of blasphemy, but he said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
ÅB
Overengelen Mikael vågde dog ikke å uttale en spottende dom dengang han trettet med djevelen om Mose legeme, men sa: Herren refse deg!
OTB
Men selv erkeengelen Mikael, da han diskuterte med djevelen om kroppen til Moses, våget ikke å uttale en ærekrenkende dom mot ham, men sa: "Herren refse deg!"
B1930
Overengelen Mikael vågde dog ikke å uttale en spottende dom dengang han trettet med djevelen om Mose legeme, men sa: Herren refse dig!

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  • Zechariah 3:2

    And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”

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  • 2 Peter 2:11

    Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

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  • Deuteronomy 34:6

    And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

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  • Revelation 12:7

    Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

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  • Daniel 12:1

    “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

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  • Daniel 10:21

    But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.

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  • Daniel 10:13

    However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16

    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

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