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2 Peter 2:17 KJV
2 Peter · chapter 2 · verse 17
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.2 Peter 2:17 · King James Version
2 Peter 2:17 in context
15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18For 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.
19While 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- darknessskotosdarkness, of night darkness, of darkened eyesight or blindness, metaph., of ignorance…G4655 →
- reservedtēreōto attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, metaph. to keep, one in the state in…G5083 →
- carriedelaunōto drive, of the wind driving ships or clouds, of sailors propelling a vessel by oars, to…G1643 →
- tempestlailapsa whirlwind, a tempestuous wind, a violent attack of wind, a squall, never a single gust…G2978 →
- cloudsnephelēa cloud, used of the cloud which led the Israelites in the wildernessG3507 →
- wellspēgēfountain, spring, a well fed by a springG4077 →
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The apostle's design being to warn us of, and arm us against, seducers, he now returns to discourse more particularly of them, and give us an account of their character and conduct, which abundantly justifies the righteous Judge of the world in reserving them in an especial manner for the most severe and heavy doom,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-22