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 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;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 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;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
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What Does 2 Peter 2:6 Mean?
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