2 Peter 2:16 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁶ But a donkey corrected him for this evil deed. It spoke to him with a human voice and made him stop his foolishness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But he was rebuked for his own transgression when a dumb beast of burden spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's madness. [Num. 22:21-31.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But Balaam was rebuked for his wrongdoing. A donkey, which has no voice, spoke with a human voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Yet truly, he had a correction of his madness: the mute animal under the yoke, which, by speaking with a human voice, forbid the folly of the prophet.

2 Peter 2:16 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Acts 26:11

I often had them punished in our synagogues, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.

Luke 16:11

If you cannot be trusted with this wicked wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?

Hosea 9:7

Israel, the time has come. You will get what you deserve, and you will know it. “Prophets are fools,” you say. “And God's messengers are crazy.” Your terrible guilt has filled you with hatred.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

It's terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. We are mean and foolish while we live, and then we die.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

So I decided to learn everything I could and become wise enough to discover what life is all about. At the same time, I wanted to understand why it's stupid and senseless to be an evil fool.

Psalm 39:11

You punish us severely because of our sins. Like a moth, you destroy what we treasure most. We are as frail as a breath.