2 Peter 2:8

2 Peter 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
• New International Version (NIV)(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
• English Standard Version (ESV)(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
• New Living Translation (NLT)Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.

Context of 2 Peter 2:8

6and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— 9then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 10and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,

2 Peter 2:8 word by word

βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δικαίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• that righteous manδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• dwellingἐγκατοικέωegkatoikeō · to live amongG1460
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• in seeingβλέμμαblemma · a lookG990
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• hearingἀκοήakoē · hearingG189
• vexedβασανίζωbasanizō · to torture: tortureG928
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• withἔργονergon · workG2041
• unlawfulἄνομοςanomos · lawlessG459

Cross-references for 2 Peter 2:8

• Proverbs 25:26A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky spring and a polluted well.
• Proverbs 28:12When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory; But when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.
• 1 Timothy 1:9knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
• James 5:16Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
• Psalms 119:136Rivers of water run down from my eyes, Because men do not keep Your law.
• Ezekiel 9:4and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
• Malachi 3:15So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”

Commentaries on 2 Peter 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8That righteous man dwelling among them - Lot, after his departure from Abraham, A. M. 2086, lived at Sodom till A. M. 2107, a space of about twenty years; and, as he had a righteous soul, he must have been tormented with the abominations of that people from day to day. The word , tormented, is not less emphatic than the word , grievously pained, in the preceding verse, and shows what this man must have felt in dwelling so long among a people so abandoned.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For that righteous man dwelling among them - The Latin Vulgate renders this, “For in seeing and hearing he was just;” meaning that he maintained his uprightness, or that he did not become contaminated by the vices of Sodom. Many expositors have supposed that this is the correct rendering; but the most natural and the most common explanation is that which is found in our version. According to that, the meaning is, that compelled as he was, while living…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The Old Testament does not describe Lot as a very righteous man (see “Lot” Profile). However, he stayed mostly faithful to God. Some later Jewish writings also describe him as righteous (see Wisdom of Solomon 10:6; 19:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. vexed--Greek, "tormented."Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 2:8

• Blessing
• Company
• Doctrines
• Minister, Christian
• Sin
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Chain
• Damnable
• Perish
• Privily
• Railing
• Reserve
• Riot
• Swift
• Wantonness
• Dark; Darkness

Commentaries on 2 Peter 2

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings