Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Peter 2:17

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17. ( Judges 1:12 ; Judges 1:13 .) wells —"clouds" in Jude; both promising (compare Judges 1:13- : ) water, but yielding none; so their "great swelling words" are found on trial to be but "vanity" ( Judges 1:13- : ). clouds —The oldest manuscripts and versions read, "mists," dark, and not transparent and bright as "clouds" often are, whence the latter term is applied sometimes to the saints; fit emblem of the children of darkness. "Clouds" is a transcriber's correction from Judges 1:12 , where it is appropriate, "clouds . . . without water" (promising what they do not perform); but not here, "mists driven along by a tempest." mist — blackness; "the chilling horror accompanying darkness " [BENGEL]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-2pe-2-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/2pe-2-17

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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