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14 having eyes full of an adulteress[a] and restless[b] of sin, enticing[c] unstable souls, having a heart trained in[d] greed. Children of [e] a curse!— 15 leaving-behind the straight way, they went-astray, having followed-after the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing. 16 But he had a rebuke of his own law-violation: a speechless donkey having uttered in the voice of a human restrained the madness of the prophet.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:14 That is, full of desire for a woman with whom to commit adultery.
  2. 2 Peter 2:14 Or, unceasing, not-resting. That is, eyes restless to continue sinning, or never resting from sinning.
  3. 2 Peter 2:14 Or, luring, baiting, entrapping.
  4. 2 Peter 2:14 Or, from, by.
  5. 2 Peter 2:14 That is, characterized by (accursed children); or, destined to.

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