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2 Peter 2:16

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but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.

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2 Peter 2:16 in other translations

but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

2 Peter 2:16 · American Standard Version

2 Peter 2:16 in context

  1. 14having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;
  2. 15forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
  3. 16but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.
  4. 17These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
  5. 18For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;