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.


In Context

13 Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day: stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with you:

14 Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, children of malediction:

15 Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,

16 But 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.

17 These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.

18 For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness, those who for a little while escape, such as converse 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16but had reproof of his own wickedness the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly 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.