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

14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 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. 17But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

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

• 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 14:36And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
• Numbers 16:11For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against Yhwh: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
• Deuteronomy 1:27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, because Yhwh hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
• Psalms 106:25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of Yhwh.
• Isaiah 29:24They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
• Luke 5:30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
• Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
• Luke 19:7And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
• John 6:41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
• 1 Corinthians 10:10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
• Philippians 2:14Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
• Jude 1:18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
• Galatians 5:16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
• 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• James 1:14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

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