Jude 1:8

Jude 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
• New International Version (NIV)In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.

Context of Jude 1:8

6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day. 7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire. Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings. 9But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

Jude 1:8 word by word

ὁμοίως μέντοι καὶ οὗτοι ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι σάρκα μὲν μιαίνουσιν, κυριότητα δὲ ἀθετοῦσιν, δόξας δὲ βλασφημοῦσιν.Read the interlinear

• Yetμέντοιmentoi · yetG3305
• in the same wayὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
• in the same wayκαίkai · andG2532
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• dreamersἐνυπνιάζωenupniazomai · to dreamG1797
• defileμιαίνωmiainō · to stainG3392
• bodiesσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• rejectἀθετέωatheteō · to rejectG114
• authorityκυριότηςkuriotēs · lordshipG2963
• slanderβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
• gloriousδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391

Cross-references for Jude 1:8

• Jeremiah 38:25If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
• 1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
• 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
• 2 Peter 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
• Genesis 3:5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
• Numbers 16:3They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
• 1 Samuel 10:27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
• Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
• Acts 7:27But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
• 1 Thessalonians 4:8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
• Hebrews 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
• Jude 1:9But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
• Exodus 22:28You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
• Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Commentaries on Jude 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Likewise also these filthy dreamers - He means to say that these false teachers and their followers were as unbelieving and disobedient as the Israelites in the wilderness, as rebellious against the authority of God as the fallen angels, and as impure and unholy as the Sodomites; and that consequently they must expect similar punishment. Our translators, by rendering filthy dreamers, seem to have understood St. Jude to mean les pollutions nocturnes et…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Likewise also - In the same way do these persons defile the flesh, or resemble the inhabitants of Sodom; that is, they practice the same kind of vices. What the apostle says is, that their character resembled that of the inhabitants of Sodom; the example which he adduces of the punishment which was brought on those sinners, leaves it to be clearly inferred that the persons of whom he was speaking would be punished in a similar manner. These filthy…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 False teachers are dreamers; they greatly defile and grievously wound the soul. These teachers are of a disturbed mind and a seditious spirit; forgetting that the powers that be, are ordained of God, Ro 13:1. As to the contest about the body of Moses, it appears that Satan wished to make the place of his burial known to the Israelites, in order to tempt them to worship him, but he was prevented, and vented his rage in desperate blasphemy. This…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8glorious beings: This likely refers to evil angels. In the Old Testament and Judaism, angels played an important role in judgment. The false teachers might have been minimizing the reality of a future judgment (see 1:18; 2 Peter 3:3–4) or denying the glorious origin of these angels who rebelled against God (compare 2 Peter 2:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. also--rather, "In like manner nevertheless" (notwithstanding these warning examples) [Alford]. these ... dreamers--The Greek has not "filthy" of English Version. The clause, "these men dreaming" (that is, in their dreams), belongs to all the verbs, "defile," "despise," and "speak evil." All sinners are spiritually asleep, and their carnal activity is as it were a dream (1Th 5:6, 7). Their speaking evil of dignities is because they are dreaming, and…Read the comment

Topics related to Jude 1:8

• Anarchy
• Citizens
• Doctrines
• Hell
• Heresy
• Minister, Christian
• Reprobacy
• Reverence
• Satan
• Slander
• Speaking
• Word of God
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

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• Gnosticism
• Jude, the Epistle of
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• Jude, Epistle of

Commentaries on Jude 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings