King James Version

2 Peter 2:9

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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οἶδενoidento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveκύριοςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.The Lordεὐσεβεῖςeusebeisgodlyεὐσεβής (eusebēs)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “godly”, the object formG2152pious, God-fearing, devout.the godlyἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofπειρασμοῦpeirasmoutemptationsπειρασμός (peirasmos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “temptations”, the of-formG3986(a) trial, probation, testing, being tried, (b) temptation, (c) calamity, affliction.temptationsῥύεσθαιrhuesthaito deliverῥύομαι (rhuomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to deliver”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4506I rescue, deliver (from danger or destruction).ἀδίκουςadikousunjustἄδικος (adikos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “unjust”, the object formG94unjust, unrighteous, wicked.This verse uses “unjust”.the unjustδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoἡμέρανhēmerandayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayκρίσεωςkriseōsof judgmentκρίσις (krisis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of judgment”, the of-formG2920judging, judgment, decision, sentence; generally: divine judgment; accusation.of judgmentκολαζομένουςkolazomenousto be punishedκολάζω (kolazō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to be punished”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2849I chastise, curtail, punish; mid: I cause to be punished.to be punishedτηρεῖνtēreinto keepτηρέω (tēreō)verb, present active infinitive — “to keep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.This verse uses “keep”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

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American Standard Version (1901)

the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

Young’s Literal Translation

The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

World English Bible

then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

Darby Translation

[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;

Douay-Rheims

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented.

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