Jude 1:16

Jude 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
• New International Version (NIV)These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

Context of Jude 1:16

14It was about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied: “Look! The Lord comes with tens of thousands of his holy ones 15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him.” These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage. 17But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18They told you, “In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires.”

Jude 1:16 word by word

οὗτοί εἰσιν γογγυσταὶ μεμψίμοιροι, κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας ἑαυτῶν πορευόμενοι, καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα, θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα ὠφελείας χάριν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• murmurersγογγυστήςgoggustēs · a murmurerG1113
• complainersμεμψίμοιροςmempsimoiros · malcontentG3202
• walkingπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• afterκατάkata · according toG2596
• their ownαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• lustsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
• speakethλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• great swellingὑπέρογκοςhuperogkos · boastfulG5246
• havingθαυμάζωthaumazō · to marvelG2296
• men’s personsπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• because ofχάρινcharin · because ofG5484
• advantageὠφέλειαōpheleia · advantageG5622

Cross-references for Jude 1:16

• Numbers 14:36So the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and who returned and incited the entire community to complain about him by spreading a negative report about the land —
• Numbers 16:11Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the Lord! As for Aaron, who is he that you should complain about him?”
• Deuteronomy 1:27You grumbled in your tents and said, ‘The Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites in order to destroy us, because he hates us.
• Psalms 106:25They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the Lord.
• Isaiah 29:24Those who are confused will gain understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.
• Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
• Luke 19:7All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.”
• John 6:41Therefore the Jews started grumbling about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:10And don’t grumble as some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.
• Philippians 2:14Do everything without grumbling and arguing,
• Jude 1:18They told you, “In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires.”
• Galatians 5:16I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.
• 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear.
• James 1:14But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire.

Commentaries on Jude 1:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16These are murmurers - Grudging and grumbling at all men, and at all things; complainers, , complainers of their fate or destiny - finding fault with God and all his providential dispensations, making and governing worlds in their own way; persons whom neither God nor man can please. Walking after their own lusts - Taking their wild, disorderly, and impure passions for the rule of their conduct, and not the writings of the prophets and apostles. Great…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16These are murmurers - The word here used does not elsewhere occur, though the word “murmur” is frequent, Matthew 20:11; Luke 5:30; John 6:41, John 6:43, John 6:61; John 7:32; 1 Corinthians 10:10. Compare John 7:12; Acts 6:1; Philemon 2:14; 1 Peter 4:9. The sense is that of repining or complaining under the allotments of Providence, or finding fault with God‘s plans, and purposes, and doings. Complainers - Literally, finding fault with one‘s own lot ( ́…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. 1616. murmurers--in secret: muttering murmurs against God's ordinances and ministers in Church and state. Compare Jude 8, "speak evil of dignities"; Jude 15, "hard speeches"; against the Lord. complainers--never satisfied with their lot (Nu 11:1; compare the penalty, De 28:47, 48). walking after their own lusts--(Jude 18). The secret of their murmuring and complaining is the restless insatiability of their desires. great swelling words--(2Pe 2:18). men's…Read the comment

Topics related to Jude 1:16

• Flattery
• Hell
• Heresy
• Lust
• Murmuring
• Word of God
• Worldliness
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Admiration
• Advantage
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Lust
• Peter, the Second Epistle of
• Swelling
• Jude, Epistle of
• godly, godliness, ungodly, godless, ungodliness, godlessness

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