2 Peter 2:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a reviling judgment upon them before the Lord.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Whereas [even] angels, though superior in might and power, do not bring a defaming charge against them before the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

Common English Bible

¹¹ yet angels, who are stronger and more powerful, don’t use insults when pronouncing the Lord’s judgment on them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ whereas the Angels, who are greater in strength and virtue, did not bring against themselves such a deplorable judgment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Whereas angels who are greater in strength and power, bring not against themselves a railing judgment.

2 Peter 2:11 Cross References

Psalm 103:20

Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word!

Psalm 104:4

who makest the winds thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers.

Daniel 6:22

My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong.”

Mark 7:22

coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Jude 1:9

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”