9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished;


In Context

6 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;

7 and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,

8 (for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul day after day with their lawless works,)

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

10 and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:

11 when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.

2 Peter 2:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:9the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:9the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished: