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 keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgment on the great day. 7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. In 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!” 10But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct — like irrational animals — by these things they are destroyed.

Jude 1:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• dreamersἐνυπνιάζωenupniazomai · to dreamG1797
• defileμιαίνωmiainō · to stainG3392
• the fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• despiseἀθετέωatheteō · to rejectG114
• dominionκυριότηςkuriotēs · lordshipG2963
• andδέde · thenG1161
• speak evilβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
• of dignitiesδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• ·μέντοιmentoi · yetG3305
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303

Cross-references for Jude 1:8

• Jeremiah 38:25The officials may hear that I have spoken with you and come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king; don’t hide anything from us and we won’t kill you. Also, what did the king say to you?’
• 1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.
• 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral and males who have sex with males, for slave traders, liars, perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching
• 2 Peter 2:10especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold, arrogant people! They are not afraid to slander the glorious ones;
• Genesis 3:5“In fact, God knows that when you eat 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 gone too far! Everyone in the entire community is holy, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”
• 1 Samuel 10:27But some wicked men said, “How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 12:3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
• Luke 19:14“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us.’
• Acts 7:27“But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying: Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?
• 1 Thessalonians 4:8Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
• Hebrews 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, since they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
• Jude 1:9Yet 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!”
• Exodus 22:28“You must not blaspheme God or curse a leader among your people.
• Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

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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• Dignities; Dignity
• Dominion
• Gnosticism
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Peter, the Second Epistle of
• Uncleanness
• 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