2 Peter 2:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁸ (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds:)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ (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

⁸ 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)

⁸ (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

⁸ 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

⁸ 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.

2 Peter 2:8 Cross References

Psalm 119:158

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Ezekiel 9:4

and the Lord 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 for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

Psalm 119:136

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Proverbs 25:26

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

James 5:16

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

1 Timothy 1:9

knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Proverbs 28:12

When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Psalm 119:139

My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

Ezekiel 9:6

slay utterly old and young, both maids, 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 ancient men which were before the house.

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.