2 Peter 2:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;”
2 Peter 2:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Peter 2:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Peter 2:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way,”
2 Peter 2:6 — World English Bible
2 Peter 2:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly;”
2 Peter 2:6 — American Standard Version
2 Peter 2:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set <FI>them<Fi> ;”
2 Peter 2:6 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Peter 2:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life;”
2 Peter 2:6 — Darby Translation
2 Peter 2:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrhe into ashes, condemned them and ouerthrewe them, and made them an ensample vnto them that after should liue vngodly,”
2 Peter 2:6 — Geneva Bible
2 Peter 2:6 in Context — 2 Peter 2
4 Car, si Dieu n’a pas épargné les anges qui ont péché, mais s’il les a précipités dans les abîmes de ténèbres et les réserve pour le jugement;
5 s’il n’a pas épargné l’ancien monde, mais s’il a sauvé Noé, lui huitième, ce prédicateur de la justice, lorsqu’il fit venir le déluge sur un monde d’impies;
6 s’il a condamné à la destruction et réduit en cendres les villes de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, les donnant comme exemple aux impies à venir,
7 et s’il a délivré le juste Lot, profondément attristé de la conduite de ces hommes sans frein dans leur dissolution
8 (car ce juste, qui habitait au milieu d’eux, tourmentait journellement son âme juste à cause de ce qu’il voyait et entendait de leurs œuvres criminelles);
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