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.


In Context

6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;

7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men

8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--

9 if 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.

10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority.

11 Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.

2nd 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished;

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: