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2 Peter 2:11

Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

KJV

ὅπου ἄγγελοι ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζονες ὄντες οὐ φέρουσιν κατ’ αὐτῶν παρὰ κυρίῳ βλάσφημον κρίσιν.

Greek NT

ubi angeli fortitudine, et virtute cum sint majores, non portant adversum se execrabile judicium.

Vulgate

whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

ASV

Whereas angels, who are greater in strength and power, bring not against themselves a railing judgment.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βλάσφημος
blasphemos
adjective · 4×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κρίσις
krisis
noun · 47×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἰσχύς
ischus
noun · 10×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτῶν | Holmes/WHmarg: αὐτῶν | WH/Treg/RP: + παρὰ κυρίῳ | NIV: + παρὰ κυρίου
  • αὐτῶνSBLGNT
  • αὐτῶνSBLGNT, Westcott-Hort (margin)
  • + παρὰ κυρίῳWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
  • + παρὰ κυρίουReader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
  • 2Thess 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
  • Jude 1:9 — Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
  • Jude 1:9 — Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.