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


In Context

13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

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

17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

18 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.

2 Peter 2:16 in Other Translations

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 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.