NET Bible
"These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved."
— 2 Peter 2:17, NET Bible
“These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.”
“These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. ”
“These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.”
“These are fountains without water and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.”
“These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.”
“These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.”
Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).
These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.
For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.