2 Peter 2:17

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

Literal

These are springs without waters and mists being driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been kept.

Latin

Hi sunt fontes sine aqua, et nebulæ turbinibus exagitatæ, quibus caligo tenebrarum reservatur.

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

2 Peter 2:17–22

Peter continues to describe the false teachers by showing how they harm other people.

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter Apostasy Darkness and Light Early Christian Heresies Holiness and Sexual Purity

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