And the men of Sodom were evil and sinful before Jehovah exceedingly.
2 Peter 2:8 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 (For the just one in seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, from day to day tried the just soul with lawless works;) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
And the men of Sodom were evil and sinful before Jehovah exceedingly.
Mine eyes will bring down streams of waters because they will not watch thy laws.
I saw those transgressing, and I shall loathe, for they watched not thy word.
A fountain trampled down, and a fountain corrupted, the just one turned aside before the unjust one.
In the rejoicing of the just, much glory: in the rising up of the unjust, man will hide himself.
And Jehovah will say to him, Pass through into the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and mark a mark upon the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning for all the abominations being done in her midst
The old man, the young man, and the virgin, and little ones, and women, ye shall slay to destruction: and every man which upon him the mark, ye shall not touch; and ye shall begin from my holy place. And they will begin upon the old men which are before the house
Knowing this, that the law is laid down not for the just one, but for the lawless and disorderly, for the profane and sinful, for the wicked and unholy, for the patricides and matricides, for manslayers,
By faith Abel brought near a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he was testified of to be just, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaks.
Acknowledge your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that ye might be healed. The prayer of the just, being energetic, is very powerful.