Then (A)Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel, and he sent messengers and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

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When Balak son of Zippor,(A) the king of Moab, prepared to fight against Israel, he sent for Balaam son of Beor(B) to put a curse on you.(C)

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Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

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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. 18 For, while speaking out (G)arrogant words of no (H)value they (I)entice by fleshly desires, by (J)indecent behavior, those who barely (K)escape from the ones who live in error, 19 promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for (L)by what anyone is overcome, by this he is enslaved. 20 For if, after they have (M)escaped the defilements of the world by (N)the knowledge of the (O)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again (P)entangled in them and are overcome, (Q)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 (R)For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from (S)the holy commandment (T)handed on to them. 22 [c]It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “(U)A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:15 Or wages
  2. 2 Peter 2:17 Lit blackness of darkness
  3. 2 Peter 2:22 Lit The thing of the true proverb has happened to them

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam(A) son of Bezer,[a] who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.(B)

17 These people are springs without water(C) and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.(D) 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(E) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(F) from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(G) 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(H) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(I) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(J) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(K) 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[b](L) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:15 Greek Bosor
  2. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11

15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

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

18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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11 Woe to them! For they have gone (A)the way of Cain, and for pay [a]they have given themselves up to (B)the error of Balaam, and (C)perished in the rebellion of Korah.

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  1. Jude 1:11 Lit they have poured themselves out

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(A) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(B) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(C)

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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.

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