King James Version

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;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “ungodly” (ἀσεβέσιν) before having set here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to be ungodly” (ἀσεβεῖν) before having set here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπόλειςpoleiscitiesπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “cities”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.the citiesΣοδόμωνsodomōnof SodomΣόδομα (sodoma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of Sodom”, the of-formG4670Sodom.of Sodomκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΓομόρραςgomorrasGomorrhaΓόμορρα (gomorra)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Gomorrha”, the of-formG1116Gomorrah, one of the destroyed cities on the Dead Sea.Gomorrhaτεφρώσαςtephrōsasinto ashesτεφρόω (tephroō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “into ashes”, a single actionG5077I reduce to ashes, consume, destroy.into ashesκαταστροφῇkatastrophēthem with an overthrowκαταστροφήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “them with an overthrow”, the to- or for-formG2692overthrow, destruction, material or spiritual.This verse uses “overthrow”.them with an overthrowκατέκρινενkatekrinento condemnκατακρίνω (katakrinō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to condemn”, a single actionG2632I condemn, judge worthy of punishment.ὑπόδειγμαhupodeigmathem an ensampleὑπόδειγμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “them an ensample”, the object formG5262(a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model.them an ensampleμελλόντωνmellontōnunto those that after shouldμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, neuter — “unto those that after should”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.unto those that after shouldἀσεβέσινasebesinlive ungodlyἀσεβής (asebēs)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “live ungodly”, the to- or for-formG765impious, ungodly, wicked.This verse uses “ungodly”.live ungodlyτεθεικώςtetheikōsto placeτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, perfect active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to place”, a completed action with a present resultG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “place”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀσεβεῖνasebeinlive ungodlyἀσεβέω (asebeō)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “live ungodly”, the to- or for-formG764I am ungodly, act profanely.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set [them];

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American Standard Version (1901)

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;

Young’s Literal Translation

and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set [them];

World English Bible

and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,

Darby Translation

and having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life;

Douay-Rheims

And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly.

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