2 Peter 2:7
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2 Peter 2:7 in other translations
| BSB | and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless |
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| WEB | and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked |
| ASV | and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked |
| YLT | and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue, |
| DARBY | and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of thegodless, |
| BBE | And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers |
| Webster | And delivered just Lot, grieved with the habitual lewdness of the wicked: |
What does 2 Peter 2:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. By the corrupt and licentious conduct of the wicked around him. On the word conversation, Php 1:27. The original phrase, which is rendered filthy, has reference to licentiousness, The corruption of Sodom was open and shameless; and as Lot was compelled to see much of it, his heart was pained. The word here rendered vexed, means that he was wearied or burdened. The crimes of those around him he found it hard to bear with.
(d) "just Lot" Gen 19:16
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Peter 2:1-9
Though the way of error is a hurtful way, many are always ready to walk therein. Let us take care we give no occasion to the enemy to blaspheme the holy name whereby we are called, or to speak evil of the way of salvation by Jesus Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. These seducers used feigned words, they deceived the hearts of their followers. Such are condemned already, and the wrath of God abides…
2 Peter 2:7 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 2 Peter 2:7
- Genesis 19:16
And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
- Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
- Genesis 19:7-8
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
- Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
- Jeremiah 23:9
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
- Jeremiah 9:1-6
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. …
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
- 2 Peter 3:17
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
- Psalms 120:5
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
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Context
- 2 Peter 2:6
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- 2 Peter 2:7
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
- 2 Peter 2:8
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
2 Peter 2:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y libró al justo Lot, acosado por la nefanda conducta de los malvados; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et s’il a délivré le juste Lot, accablé par la conduite débauchée de ces hommes pervers, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und den gerechten Lot rettete, der von dem ausschweifenden Wandel der Ruchlosen gequält wurde; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et justum Lot oppressum a nefandorum injuria, ac luxuriosa conversatione eripuit: |