Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; New Living Translation Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. English Standard Version if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; Berean Standard Bible if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; Berean Literal Bible and He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, having reduced them to ashes, having set an example of what is coming on the ungodly; King James Bible And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; New King James Version and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; New American Standard Bible and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example of what is coming for the ungodly; NASB 1995 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; NASB 1977 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly thereafter; Legacy Standard Bible and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; Amplified Bible and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; Christian Standard Bible and if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is coming to the ungodly; Holman Christian Standard Bible and if He reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to ruin, making them an example to those who were going to be ungodly; American Standard Version and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when he burned the cities of Sadom and Amorah and condemned them in an overthrow, when he set an example to the wicked who were to come, Contemporary English Version God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin. Douay-Rheims Bible And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly. English Revised Version and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; GOD'S WORD® Translation God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes. He made those cities an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them. Good News Translation God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, destroying them with fire, and made them an example of what will happen to the godless. International Standard Version and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes, making them an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them; Literal Standard Version and having turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemned with an overthrow, having set [them as] an example to those about to be impious, Majority Standard Bible if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; New American Bible and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah [to destruction], reducing them to ashes, making them an example for the godless [people] of what is coming; NET Bible and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly, New Revised Standard Version and if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and made them an example of what is coming to the ungodly; New Heart English Bible and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; Webster's Bible Translation And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to those that afterwards should live ungodly lives. Weymouth New Testament He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example to people who might in future be living godless lives. World English Bible and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way, Young's Literal Translation and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set them; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Deliverance from False Prophets…5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight; 6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; 7and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless… Cross References Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah--from the LORD out of the heavens. Genesis 19:25 Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground. Numbers 16:38 As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites." Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. Jeremiah 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors," declares the LORD, "no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. Matthew 10:15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. Matthew 11:23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. Treasury of Scripture And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample to those that after should live ungodly; turning. Genesis 19:24,25,28 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; … Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. making. Numbers 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Jump to Previous Afterwards Ashes Burning Cities Condemned Destruction Ensample Example Extinction Fire Future Gomorrah Gomorrha Impious Live Making Overthrow Reduced Sodom Turned Turning Ungodly WayJump to Next Afterwards Ashes Burning Cities Condemned Destruction Ensample Example Extinction Fire Future Gomorrah Gomorrha Impious Live Making Overthrow Reduced Sodom Turned Turning Ungodly Way2 Peter 2 1. Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;7. from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom; 10. and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers. (6) And turning. . . .--The construction still depends upon the "if" in 2Peter 2:4. (See Note on Jude 1:7.) Condemned them with an overthrow.--Or, perhaps, to an overthrow, like "condemn to death" in Matthew 20:18. The very word here used for "overthrow"--catastrophe--is used by the LXX. of the overthrow of these cities (Genesis 19:29); in the New Testament it occurs in 2Timothy 2:4 only. . . . Verse 6. - And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow. The striking word τεφρώσας, turning into ashes, occurs nowhere else in the New Testament; and the word for "overthrow" (καταστροφή) only in 2 Timothy 2:14. It is used in the Septuagint Version of Genesis 19:29 of this same judgment. Perhaps "to an overthrow" is a better translation (comp. Luke 17:26-29; Jude 1:7). Making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; rather, having made. The example is to be a lasting warning; literally, an example of those that should live ungodly; i.e., an example of their punishment, their end. In this verse the Vatican Manuscript omits "with an overthrow," and reads "an example of things to come unto the ungodly."Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [if]καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. He condemned κατέκρινεν (katekrinen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2632: To condemn, judge worthy of punishment. From kata and krino; to judge against, i.e. Sentence. [the] cities πόλεις (poleis) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. of Sodom Σοδόμων (Sodomōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 4670: Sodom. Plural of Hebrew origin; Sodoma, a place in Palestine. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. Gomorrah Γομόρρας (Gomorras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 1116: Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea. Of Hebrew origin; Gomorrha, a place near the Dead Sea. to destruction, καταστροφῇ (katastrophē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2692: Overthrow, destruction, material or spiritual. From katastrepho; an overturn, i.e. Demolition; figuratively, apostasy. reducing [them] to ashes τεφρώσας (tephrōsas) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5077: To reduce to ashes, consume, destroy. From tephra; to incinerate, i.e. Consume. [as] τεθεικώς (tetheikōs) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place. an example ὑπόδειγμα (hypodeigma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5262: (a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model. From hupodeiknumi; an exhibit for imitation or warning. of what is coming on μελλόντων (mellontōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. the ungodly; ἀσεβέσιν (asebesin) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's 765: Impious, ungodly, wicked. Irreverent, i.e. impious or wicked. Links 2 Peter 2:6 NIV2 Peter 2:6 NLT 2 Peter 2:6 ESV 2 Peter 2:6 NASB 2 Peter 2:6 KJV 2 Peter 2:6 BibleApps.com 2 Peter 2:6 Biblia Paralela 2 Peter 2:6 Chinese Bible 2 Peter 2:6 French Bible 2 Peter 2:6 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom (2 Pet. 2P iiP ii Pet) |
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