King James Version

2 Peter 2:15

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὴν) before straight here.

καταλιπόντεςkatalipontesWhich have forsakenκαταλείπω (kataleipō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “Which have forsaken”, a single actionG2641I leave behind, desert, abandon, forsake; I leave remaining, reserve.Which have forsakenεὐθεῖανeutheianrightεὐθύς (euthus)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “right”, the object formG2117adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately.the rightὁδὸνhodonwayὁδός (hodos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “way”, the object formG3598a way, road, journey, path.wayἐπλανήθησανeplanēthēsanand are gone astrayπλανάω (planaō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “and are gone astray”, a single actionG4105I lead astray, deceive, cause to wander.and are gone astrayἐξακολουθήσαντεςexakolouthēsantesfollowingἐξακολουθέω (exakoloutheō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “following”, a single actionG1811I follow after, imitate.followingτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδῷhodōwayὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “way”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.the wayτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Βαλαὰμbalaamof BalaamΒαλαάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Balaam”, the of-formG903Balaam, son of Beor of Pethor on the Euphrates, a soothsayer in the Old Testament.of Balaamτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Βοσὸρbosorson of BosorΒοσόρnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “son of Bosor”, the of-formG1007Bosor, father of Balaam.the son of Bosorὃςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoμισθὸνmisthonwagesμισθός (misthos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “wages”, the object formG3408(a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment.This verse uses “wages”.the wagesἀδικίαςadikiasof unrighteousnessἀδικία (adikia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of unrighteousness”, the of-formG93injustice, unrighteousness, hurt.of unrighteousnessἠγάπησενēgapēsento loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to love”, a single actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.

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τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the [son] of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

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American Standard Version (1901)

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

Young’s Literal Translation

having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the [son] of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

World English Bible

Forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;

Darby Translation

having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;

Douay-Rheims

Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,

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