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Blackest darkness is reserved for them. <a href="/nlt/2_peter/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness. <a href="/esv/2_peter/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. <a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> These are springs without water and mists being driven by storm, for whom gloom of darkness has been reserved. <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2.htm">King James Bible</a> These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. <a href="/nkjv/2_peter/2.htm">New King James Version</a> These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. <a href="/nasb_/2_peter/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved. <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved. <a href="/nasb77/2_peter/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved. <a href="/lsb/2_peter/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been kept. <a href="/amp/2_peter/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> These [false teachers] are springs without water and mists driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the gloom of black darkness. <a href="/csb/2_peter/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> These people are springs without water, mists driven by a storm. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them. <a href="/hcsb/2_peter/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them. <a href="/asv/2_peter/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. <a href="/cev/2_peter/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> These people are like dried up water holes and clouds blown by a windstorm. The darkest part of hell is waiting for them. <a href="/erv/2_peter/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. <a href="/gwt/2_peter/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These false teachers are dried-up springs. They are a mist blown around by a storm. Gloomy darkness has been kept for them. <a href="/gnt/2_peter/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> These people are like dried-up springs, like clouds blown along by a storm; God has reserved a place for them in the deepest darkness. <a href="/isv/2_peter/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them. <a href="/msb/2_peter/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> These men are springs without water and clouds driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is forever reserved for them. <a href="/net/2_peter/2.htm">NET Bible</a> These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved. <a href="/nheb/2_peter/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> These are wells without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved. <a href="/wbt/2_peter/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved. <a href="/web/2_peter/2.htm">World English Bible</a> These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_peter/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> These are wells without water, and clouds driven by a storm, to whom the deepest gloom of darkness has been kept throughout the age; <a href="/blb/2_peter/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> These are springs without water and mists being driven by storm, for whom gloom of darkness has been reserved. <a href="/ylt/2_peter/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept; <a href="/slt/2_peter/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> These are fountains wanting water, clouds impelled by a hurricane; for whom the obscurity of darkness has been kept forever.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_peter/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved. <a href="/cpdv/2_peter/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> These ones are like fountains without water, and like clouds stirred up by whirlwinds. For them, the mist of darkness is reserved. <a href="/nabre/2_peter/2.htm">New American Bible</a> These people are waterless springs and mists driven by a gale; for them the gloom of darkness has been reserved. <a href="/nrsvce/2_peter/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest darkness has been reserved.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_peter/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> These men are springs without water, as clouds that are carried with a tempest; the mist of darkness is reserved to them forever. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_peter/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> These are fountains without water, clouds which are driven by a hurricane, for whom the gloom of darkness is reserved.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_peter/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> These men are fountains without water, clouds driven by a tempest, for whom the gloom of darkness is reserved forever.<CM> <a href="/godbey/2_peter/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> These are fountains without water, and mists driven away by the storm, for which the blackness of darkness has been reserved. <a href="/haweis/2_peter/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> These are fountains without water, clouds driven by a hurricane; for whom the blackness of darkness for ever is reserved. <a href="/mace/2_peter/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> These are wells without water; clouds agitated with a tempest, who are consigned to the obscurity of eternal darkness. <a href="/wey/2_peter/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved. <a href="/worrell/2_peter/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> These are fountains without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved. <a href="/worsley/2_peter/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom thick darkness is reserved for ever. <a href="/parallel/2_peter/2-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzcat0SlE18?start=404" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_peter/2.htm">Deliverance from False Prophets</a> …16But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. 17<a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: Houtoi (DPro-NMP) -- This; he, she, it. ">These men</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: eisin (V-PIA-3P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">are</a> <a href="/greek/4077.htm" title="4077: pēgai (N-NFP) -- A fountain, spring, well, issue, flow. Probably from pegnumi; a fount, i.e. Source or supply.">springs</a> <a href="/greek/504.htm" title="504: anydroi (Adj-NFP) -- Without water, dry; subst: dry places, desert. Waterless, i.e. Dry.">without water</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/887.htm" title="887: homichlai (N-NFP) -- A mist, dimness, darkening. Of uncertain derivation; dimness of sight, i.e. a cataract.">mists</a> <a href="/greek/1643.htm" title="1643: elaunomenai (V-PPM/P-NFP) -- (a) trans: I drive (on), propel, (b) intrans: I row. A prolonged form of a primary verb of uncertain affinity; to push.">driven</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">by</a> <a href="/greek/2978.htm" title="2978: lailapos (N-GFS) -- A sudden storm, squall, whirlwind, hurricane. Of uncertain derivation; a whirlwind.">a storm.</a> <a href="/greek/2217.htm" title="2217: zophos (N-NMS) -- Darkness, murkiness, gloom. Akin to the base of nephos; gloom.">Blackest</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4655.htm" title="4655: skotous (N-GNS) -- Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity.">darkness</a> <a href="/greek/5083.htm" title="5083: tetērētai (V-RIM/P-3S) -- From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.">is reserved</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hois (RelPro-DMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">for them.</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> 18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12-13</a> These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. / They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Jeremiah 14:3-4</a> The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. / The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads. <a href="/proverbs/25-14.htm">Proverbs 25:14</a> Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given. <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20-21</a> But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a> Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. <a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6</a> But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a> “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a> Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” <a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a> For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13</a> Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst. <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a> See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Ezekiel 13:3-4</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. / Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins. <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">1 Timothy 6:5</a> and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain. <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-11</a> Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.are wells.<a href="/job/6-14.htm">Job 6:14-17</a> To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty… <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Jeremiah 14:3</a> And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.<a href="/hosea/6-4.htm">Hosea 6:4</a> O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.clouds.<a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a> That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;mist.darkness.<a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">2 Peter 2:4</a> For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;<a href="/matthew/8-12.htm">Matthew 8:12</a> But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<a href="/matthew/22-13.htm">Matthew 22:13</a> Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_peter/1-25.htm">Age</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Black</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-2.htm">Blackest</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Blackness</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-21.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-17.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/luke/8-42.htm">Dense</a> <a href="/james/3-4.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-11.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/james/4-14.htm">Mist</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Mists</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Nether</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Night</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-4.htm">Reserved</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-5.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Tempest</a> <a href="/john/6-10.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">Water</a> <a href="/luke/11-24.htm">Waterless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Wells</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm">Age</a> <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Black</a> <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Blackest</a> <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Blackness</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/1_john/1-5.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Dense</a> <a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/genesis/4-14.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/1_john/1-2.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Fountains</a> <a href="/jude/1-6.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/genesis/2-6.htm">Mist</a> <a href="/job/38-36.htm">Mists</a> <a href="/jude/1-6.htm">Nether</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">Night</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">Reserved</a> <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Springs</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/job/9-17.htm">Tempest</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Water</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Waterless</a> <a href="/genesis/26-15.htm">Wells</a><div class="vheading2">2 Peter 2</div>1. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;</a> 7. <a href="/2_peter/2-7.htm">from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;</a> 10. <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the arid regions of the Middle East, a spring without water would be a profound disappointment, symbolizing emptiness and deceit. Biblically, water often represents life and truth (<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>), and these false teachers lack the true substance of the Gospel. Their teachings are void of the life-giving truth found in Christ, similar to the barren fig tree that Jesus cursed for its lack of fruit (<a href="/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12-14</a>).and mists driven by a storm This imagery suggests instability and lack of direction. Mists, or clouds, driven by a storm are unpredictable and fleeting, much like the teachings of these false prophets. They may appear promising but are ultimately insubstantial and lead to confusion. This can be connected to <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a>, where believers are warned against being "tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine." The storm represents the chaotic and destructive nature of their influence.Blackest darkness is reserved for them This phrase indicates the severe judgment awaiting false teachers. The "blackest darkness" symbolizes the ultimate separation from God, often associated with hell or eternal punishment (<a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a>). This reflects the seriousness of leading others astray and the spiritual consequences of rejecting the truth of the Gospel. The imagery of darkness contrasts with the light of Christ, who is the "light of the world" (<a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>). The reserved nature of this darkness underscores the certainty and inevitability of divine judgment for those who persist in falsehood.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The apostle and author of this epistle, addressing false teachers and their destructive heresies. 2. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals within the early Christian community who were misleading believers with false doctrines. 3. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, who were being warned against the influence of false teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_teaching.htm">Discernment in Teaching</a> Believers must be vigilant and discerning about the teachings they accept, ensuring they align with Scripture. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_promises.htm">The Danger of False Promises</a> Like springs without water, false teachers offer promises that cannot satisfy or sustain spiritual life. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_for_deception.htm">Judgment for Deception</a> The "blackest darkness" reserved for false teachers serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of leading others astray. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_sound_doctrine.htm">The Importance of Sound Doctrine</a> Grounding oneself in sound doctrine is crucial to avoid being swayed by misleading teachings. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a> Regular study of the Bible and prayer are essential practices to maintain spiritual vigilance and discernment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_peter_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Peter 2</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_spiritual_darkness.htm">What occurred at the Mount of Transfiguration?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'outer_darkness'_in_the_bible.htm">What does "outer darkness" mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_2_peter_differ_on_transfiguration.htm">2 Peter 1:16-18 refers to the Transfiguration; why is its account noticeably different from the synoptic Gospels' versions?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_''in_the_beginning''_mean.htm">What is the bright morning star?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_peter/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) These are wells.--Or, springs; same word as <a href="/john/4-6.htm" title="Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.">John 4:6</a>. These men are like dried-up watering-places in the desert, which entice and mock the thirsty traveller; perhaps leading him into danger also by drawing him from places where there is water. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm" title="For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.">Jeremiah 2:13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm" title="And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.">Jeremiah 14:3</a>.) The parallel passage, <a href="/context/jude/1-12.htm" title="These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit wither, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;">Jude 1:12-13</a>, is much more full than the one before us, and is more like an amplification of this than this a condensation of that--e.g., would a simile so admirably suitable to false guides as "wandering stars" have been neglected by the writer of our Epistle? A Hebrew word which occurs only twice in the Old Testament is translated by the LXX. in the one place (<a href="/genesis/2-6.htm" title="But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.">Genesis 2:6</a>) by the word here used for "well," and in the other (<a href="/job/36-27.htm" title="For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof:">Job 36:27</a>) by the word used in <a href="/jude/1-12.htm" title="These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit wither, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;">Jude 1:12</a>, for "cloud." Thus the same Hebrew might have produced "wells without water" here and "clouds without water" in Jude. This is one of the arguments used in favour of a Hebrew original of both these Epistles. Coincidences of this kind, which may easily be mere accidents of language, must be shown to be numerous before a solid argument can be based upon them. Moreover, we must remember that the writers in both cases were Jews, writing in Greek, while thinking probably in Hebrew, so that the same Hebrew thought might suggest a different Greek expression in the two cases. When we have deducted all that might easily be accounted for in this way, and also all that is perhaps purely accidental, from the not very numerous instances of a similar kind that have been collected, we shall not find much on which to build the hypothesis of these Epistles being translations from Hebrew originals. (See Introduction to Jude, II.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_peter/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - These are wells without water. St. Peter has spoken of the vices of the false teachers; he goes on to describe the unprofitableness of their teaching. They are like wells without water; they deceive men with a promise which they do not fulfill. In <a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a> there is a slight difference - "clouds without water" (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>). Clouds that are carried with a tempest; better, mists driven by a tempest. The best manuscripts have ὁμίχλαι, mists, instead of νεφέλαι, clouds; they are driven along by the tempest; they give no water to the thirsty land, but only bring darkness and obscurity. The Greek word for "tempest" (λαῖλαψ) is used by St. Mark and St. Luke in their account of the tempest on the Sea of Galilee. To whom the mist of darkness is reserved for over; rather, as in the Revised Version, the blackness of darkness. The words are the same as those of <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a> (comp. verse 4 of this chapter; also <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a>; and <a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">1 Peter 1:4</a>, where the same verb is used of the inheritance reserved in heaven for the saints). The words "for ever" are omitted in the Vatican and Sinaitic Manuscripts; it is possible that they may have been inserted from the parallel passage in St. Jude; but they are well supported here. <a href="/commentaries/2_peter/2-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>These [men] Οὗτοί (Houtoi) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. are εἰσιν (eisin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. springs πηγαὶ (pēgai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4077.htm">Strong's 4077: </a> A fountain, spring, well, issue, flow. Probably from pegnumi; a fount, i.e. Source or supply. without water ἄνυδροι (anydroi) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_504.htm">Strong's 504: </a> Without water, dry; subst: dry places, desert. Waterless, i.e. Dry. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. mists ὁμίχλαι (homichlai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_887.htm">Strong's 887: </a> A mist, dimness, darkening. Of uncertain derivation; dimness of sight, i.e. a cataract. driven ἐλαυνόμεναι (elaunomenai) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1643.htm">Strong's 1643: </a> (a) trans: I drive (on), propel, (b) intrans: I row. A prolonged form of a primary verb of uncertain affinity; to push. by ὑπὸ (hypo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when). a storm. λαίλαπος (lailapos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2978.htm">Strong's 2978: </a> A sudden storm, squall, whirlwind, hurricane. Of uncertain derivation; a whirlwind. Blackest ζόφος (zophos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2217.htm">Strong's 2217: </a> Darkness, murkiness, gloom. Akin to the base of nephos; gloom. darkness σκότους (skotous) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4655.htm">Strong's 4655: </a> Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity. is reserved τετήρηται (tetērētai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5083.htm">Strong's 5083: </a> From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold. for them. οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">NT Letters: 2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water clouds driven (2 Pet. 2P iiP ii Pet) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Peter 2:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Peter 2:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Peter 2:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Peter 2:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>