For this perfume could have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor."
2 Peter 2:15 - English Majority Text Version They have left behind the straight way and gone astray, having followed after the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Forsaking the straight road they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam [the son] of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness. [Num. 22:5, 7.] American Standard Version (1901) forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; Common English Bible Leaving the straight path, they have gone off course, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the payment of doing wrong. Catholic Public Domain Version Abandoning the straight path, they wandered astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity, |
For this perfume could have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor."
(Now this man purchased a field by means of the wages of his unrighteousness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out.
he said, "O full of all guile and all craft, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
receiving the wages of unrighteousness, counting as a pleasure to revel in the daytime, they are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you,
Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and in the error of Balaam they have rushed for profit, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.
But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, both to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.