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 also about these people that Enoch, the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with myriads of His kedoshim, 15to execute judgment against all. He will convict all the ungodly for all their ungodly deeds that they have done in an ungodly way, and for all of the harsh things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” These are bellyaching grumblers, following after their own desires. Their mouth speaks grandiose things, showing favoritism for the sake of gain. 17But you, loved ones, ought to remember the words previously proclaimed by the emissaries of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah— 18how they kept telling you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following after 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 14:36Then the men whom Moses had sent to explore the land, who had returned and caused the whole community to grumble against him by spreading a bad report about the land,
• Numbers 16:11Therefore you and all your following are banding together against Adonai! Who then is Aaron—that you are grumbling against him?”
• Deuteronomy 1:27In your tents you grumbled and said: ‘Because Adonai hates us, He has brought us out from the land of Egypt to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us!
• Psalms 106:25Instead, they grumbled in their tents. They would not listen to Adonai’s voice.
• Isaiah 29:24Those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will learn instruction.”
• Luke 5:30The Pharisees and their Torah scholars began murmuring to His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 15:2The Pharisees and the Torah scholars began to complain, saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
• Luke 19:7But when everyone saw it, they began to grumble, saying, “Yeshua has gone to be the guest of a sinner!”
• John 6:41Some of the Judeans started to grumble about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:10And let’s not grumble, as some of them did—and were destroyed by the destroying angel.
• Philippians 2:14Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
• Jude 1:18how they kept telling you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly desires.”
• Galatians 5:16But I say, walk by the Ruach, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in the passion of lust like the pagans who do not know God;
• 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not put up with sound instruction, but they will pile up for themselves teachers in keeping with their own desires, to have their ears tickled.
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is dragged away and enticed by his own 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