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2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they were born” (γεγεννημένα) before as creatures here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “also will be destroyed” (καὶ φθαρήσονται) after them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “will be utterly destroyed” (καταφθαρήσονται) after them here.

οὗτοιhoutoitheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “these”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.theseδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asἄλογαalogabruteἄλογος (alogos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “brute”, the subject formG249without reason, irrational; contrary to reason, absurd.bruteζῷαzōabeastsζῷον (zōon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “beasts”, the subject formG2226an animal, living creature.beastsγεγεννημέναgegennēmenamadeγεννάω (gennaō)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “made”, a completed action with a present resultG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.madeφυσικὰphusikanaturalφυσικός (phusikos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “natural”, the subject formG5446natural, (a) according to nature, (b) merely animal.This verse uses “natural”.εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἅλωσινhalōsinbe takenἅλωσις (halōsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “be taken”, the object formG259capture, capturing.be takenκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andφθοράνphthorandestroyedφθορά (phthora)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “destroyed”, the object formG5356corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition.destroyedἐνenofἐνpreposition — “of”G1722in, on, among.ofοἷςhoisthings thatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, neuter — “things that”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.the things thatἀγνοοῦσινagnoousinthey understand notἀγνοέω (agnoeō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they understand not”, an ongoing or repeated actionG50I do not know, am ignorant of (a person, thing, or fact), sometimes with the idea of willful ignorance.they understand notβλασφημοῦντεςblasphēmountesto blasphemeβλασφημέω (blasphēmeō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to blaspheme”, an ongoing or repeated actionG987I speak evil against, blaspheme, use abusive or scurrilous language about (God or men).This verse uses “blaspheme”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.φθορᾷphthoracorruptionφθοράnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “corruption”, the to- or for-formG5356corruption, destruction, decay, rottenness, decomposition.This verse uses “corruption”.corruptionαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.φθαρήσονταιphtharēsontaito corruptφθείρω (phtheirō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to corrupt”, an action still aheadG5351I corrupt, spoil, destroy, ruin.This verse uses “corrupt”.

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καταφθαρήσονταιkataphtharēsontaiand shall utterly perishκαταφθείρω (kataphtheirō)verb, second future passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “and shall utterly perish”, an action still aheadG2704I destroy, corrupt.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed — in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil — in their destruction shall be destroyed,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

Young’s Literal Translation

and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed — in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil — in their destruction shall be destroyed,

World English Bible

But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

Darby Translation

But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,

Douay-Rheims

But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall perish in their corruption,

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