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


In Context

13 suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their love-feasts while they feast with you;

14 having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;

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

17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

18 For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live 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 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 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.