15 abandoning (A)the right way, they have gone astray, having followed (B)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (C)the [a]reward of unrighteousness; 16 but he received a rebuke for his own offense, (D)for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.

17 These are (E)springs without water and mists driven by a storm, (F)for whom the [b]black darkness has been reserved.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:15 Or wages
  2. 2 Peter 2:17 Lit blackness of darkness

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