2 Peter 2:17

These men ¹  are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness ²  have been reserved.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:17

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:17

These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:17

These people are as useless as dried–up springs of water or as clouds blown away by the wind––promising much and delivering nothing. They are doomed to blackest darkness.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:17

There's nothing to these people--they're dried-up fountains, storm-scattered clouds, headed for a black hole in hell.

SABDAweb 2Pe 2:17

These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

bibleoremus 2Pe 2:17

These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest darkness has been reserved.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:17

These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

biblegateway 2Pe 2:17

These men ¹  are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness ²  have been reserved.

¹ tn Although some translations have simply “these” or “these people,” since in v. 14 they are described as having eyes “full of an adulteress,” men are in view.

² tn Grk “utter darkness of darkness.” Verse 4 speaks of wicked angels presently in “chains of utter darkness,” while the final fate of the false teachers is a darker place still.