2 Peter 2:8 - The Scriptures 1998

(for day after day that righteous man, dwelling among them, tortured his righteous being by seeing and hearing their lawless works),

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For that just man, living [there] among them, tortured his righteous soul every day with what he saw and heard of [their] unlawful and wicked deeds–

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):

Common English Bible

While that righteous man lived among them he felt deep distress every day on account of the immoral actions he saw and heard.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

For in seeing and in hearing, he was just, though he lived with those who, from day to day, crucified the just soul with works of iniquity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works.

2 Peter 2:8 Cross References

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Seḏ

Psalm 119:136

Streams of water have run down from my eyes, Because they did not guard Your Torah.

Psalm 119:139

My ardour has consumed me, For my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

Psalm 119:158

I saw traitors and was grieved, Because they did not guard Your word.

Proverbs 25:26

A righteous man who gives way before the wrong, Is like a muddied spring and a ruined fountain.

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous exult, there is great comeliness; But when the wrong arise, a man is searched for.

Ezekiel 9:4

and יהוה  said to him, “Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Yerushalayim, and you shall put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

Ezekiel 9:6

“Slay to destruction old, young men, maidens and children and women, but do not come near anyone upon whom is the mark, and begin at My set-apart place.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the House.

1 Timothy 1:9

knowing this: that Torah is not laid down for a righteous being, but for the lawless and unruly, for the wicked and for sinners, for the wrong-doers and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

Hebrews 11:4

By belief, Heḇ

James 5:16

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, so that you are healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous one accomplishes much.