King James Version

2 Peter 2:17

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and mists” (καὶ ὁμίχλαι) before by here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “clouds” (νεφέλαι) before by here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into age” (εἰς αἰῶνα) before has been here.

ΟὗτοίhoutoiTheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “These”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.Theseεἰσινeisinareεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.areπηγαὶpēgaiwellsπηγή (pēgē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “wells”, the subject formG4077a fountain, spring, well, issue, flow.wellsἄνυδροιanudroiwithout waterἄνυδρος (anudros)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “without water”, the subject formG504without water, dry; subst: dry places, desert.This verse uses “without water”.without waterκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁμίχλαιhomichlaicloudsὁμίχλη (homichlē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “clouds”, the subject formG6068fogcloudsὑπὸhupowithὑπόpreposition — “with”G5259by, under, about.withλαίλαποςlailaposa tempestλαῖλαψ (lailaps)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “a tempest”, the of-formG2978a sudden storm, squall, whirlwind, hurricane.a tempestἐλαυνόμεναιelaunomenaito driveἐλαύνω (elaunō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, plural, feminine — “to drive”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1643(a) trans: I drive (on), propel, (b) intrans: I row.οἷςhoisto whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “to whom”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.to whomὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ζόφοςzophosmistζόφοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “mist”, the subject formG2217darkness, murkiness, gloom.the mistτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σκότουςskotousof darknessσκότος (skotos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of darkness”, the of-formG4655darkness, either physical or moral.of darknessτετήρηταιtetērētaiis reservedτηρέω (tēreō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “is reserved”, a completed action with a present resultG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.is reserved

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

νεφέλαιnephelaicloudsνεφέλη (nephelē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “clouds”, the subject formG3507a cloud.εἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.αἰῶναaiōnaeverαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “ever”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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;

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American Standard Version (1901)

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

Young’s Literal Translation

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;

World English Bible

These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

Darby Translation

These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever].

Douay-Rheims

These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.

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