2 Peter 2:17 - The Message There’s nothing to these people—they’re dried-up fountains, storm-scattered clouds, headed for a black hole in hell. They are loudmouths, full of hot air, but still they’re dangerous. Men and women who have recently escaped from a deviant life are most susceptible to their brand of seduction. They promise these newcomers freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for if they’re addicted to corruption—and they are—they’re enslaved. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These are springs without water and mists driven along before a tempest, for whom is reserved forever the gloom of darkness. American Standard Version (1901) These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. Common English Bible These false teachers are springs without water, mists driven by the wind. The underworld has been reserved for them. Catholic Public Domain Version These ones are like fountains without water, and like clouds stirred up by whirlwinds. For them, the mist of darkness is reserved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved. |