2 Peter 2:18 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Peter 2:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ὑπέρογκα
hypéronkos
G5246
immoderate
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ματαιότητος
mataiótēs
G3153
depravity
φθεγγόμενοι
phthéngomai
G5350
to sound
δελεάζουσιν
deleázō
G1185
to entice
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ἐπιθυμίαις
epithymía
G1939
desire
σαρκὸς
sárx
G4561
flesh
ἀσελγείαις
asélgeia
G766
licentiousness
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
ὀλίγως
olígos
G3641
little
ἀποφεύγοντας
apopheúgō
G668
to flee from
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
ἐν
en
G1722
in
πλάνῃ
plánē
G4106
error
ἀναστρεφομένους
anastréphō
G390
to conduct oneself
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
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King James Version Public Domain
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For, speaking arrogant things of vanity, they entice by lusts of the flesh, by licentious acts, the ones barely escaping from the ones living in error,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).