2 Peter 2:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Now if [all these things are true, then be sure] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations and trials, and how to keep the ungodly under chastisement until the day of judgment and doom,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

Common English Bible

⁹ These things show that the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and how to keep the unrighteous for punishment on the Judgment Day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Thus, the Lord knows how to rescue the pious from trials, and how to reserve the iniquitous for torments on the day of judgment;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented.

2 Peter 2:9 Cross References

Job 21:30

that the wicked are spared in the day of calamity and are rescued in the day of wrath?

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall touch you.

Psalm 12:1

Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.

Psalm 32:6

Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them.

Psalm 37:33

The Lord will not abandon them to their power or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial.

Psalm 4:3

But know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Matthew 10:15

Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.

Romans 2:5

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.

2 Timothy 3:12

Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Titus 2:14

He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment;

2 Peter 3:7

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.

Jude 1:6

And the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

1 Samuel 29:10

Now then, rise early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you, and go to the place that I appointed for you. As for the evil report, do not take it to heart, for you have done well before me. Start early in the morning, and leave as soon as you have light.”