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.


In Context

13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed--an accursed brood!

15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

16 But 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.

17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

18 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.

2nd 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 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.