16but had reproof of his own wickedness the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.


In Context

13 receiving the reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;

14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;

15 having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;

16 but had reproof of his own wickedness the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.

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

18 For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,

2 Peter 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey--a beast without speech--who spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice, forbad the madness of the prophet.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and had a rebuke of his own iniquity — a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet.