2 Peter 2:8

2 Peter chapter 2 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds):

KJV

King James Version · 1611

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds):

Context

v.7and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

v.8This passage

v.9the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 119:158

    I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.

  • Proverbs 28:12

    When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

  • Ezekiel 9:6

    slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

  • Proverbs 25:26

    Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

  • Ezekiel 9:4

    And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

  • Psalms 119:139

    My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.