Jude 1:10

Jude 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

Context of Jude 1:10

8In the same way these people — relying on their dreams — defile their flesh, reject authority, and slander glorious ones. 9Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses’s body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct — like irrational animals — by these things they are destroyed. 11Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion. 12These people are dangerous reefs at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.

Jude 1:10 word by word

οὗτοι δὲ ὅσα μὲν οὐκ οἴδασιν βλασφημοῦσιν· ὅσα δὲ φυσικῶς ὡς τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα ἐπίστανται, ἐν τούτοις φθείρονται.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butμένmen · on the other handG3303
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• speak evilβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
• of those things whichὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• they knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notοὐou · noG3756
• butδέde · thenG1161
• they knowἐπίσταμαιepistamai · to know/understandG1987
• naturallyφυσικῶςphusikōs · physicallyG5447
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• bruteἄλογοςalogos · unreasonableG249
• beastsζῷονzōon · living thingG2226
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• they corrupt themselvesφθείρωphtheirō · to destroyG5351
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Jude 1:10

• 2 Peter 2:12But these people, like irrational animals — creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed — slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed.
• Romans 1:21For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Commentaries on Jude 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Speak evil of those things which they know not - They do not understand the origin and utility of civil government; they revile that which ever protects their own persons and their property. This is true in most insurrections and seditions. But what they know naturally - They are destitute of reflection; their minds are uncultivated; they follow mere natural instinct, and are slaves to their animal propensities. As brute beasts - ̔ · Like the irrational…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But these speak evil of those things which they know not - These false and corrupt teachers employ reproachful language of those things which lie wholly beyond the reach of their vision. Notes, 2 Peter 2:12. But what they know naturally - As mere men; as animals; that is, in things pertaining to their physical nature, or in which they are on a level with the brute creation. The reference is to the natural instincts, the impulses of appetite, and passion…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. 5-16This section explains "designated long ago for condemnation" in 1:4 by using Old Testament examples of God's judgment on false teachers.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (2Pe 2:12.) those things which--Greek, "all things whatsoever they understand not," namely, the things of the spiritual world. but what ... naturally--Connect thus, "Whatever (so the Greek) things naturally (by natural, blind instinct), as the unreasoning (so the Greek) animals, they know," &c. The Greek for the former "know" implies deeper knowledge; the latter "know," the mere perception of the "animal senses and faculties."Read the comment

Topics related to Jude 1:10

• Anarchy
• Blindness
• Doctrines
• Hell
• Heresy
• Minister, Christian
• Reprobacy
• Speaking
• Word of God
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Brute; Brutish
• Crime; Crimes
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Natural; Nature
• Peter, the Second Epistle of
• Spiritual
• Jude, Epistle of
• woe

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