2 Peter 2:21
From Textus Receptus
- ΠΕΤΡΟΥ Β΄ 2:21 κρεῖττον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς.
(Textus Receptus, Novum Testamentum, Theodore Beza, 5th major edition. Geneva. 1598)
- 2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)
- 2 Peter 2:21 because, it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
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See Also 2 Peter 2:21 Complutensian Polyglot 1514
Desiderius Erasmus
- 1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
- 1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
- 1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
- 1527 (Erasmus 4th)
- 1535 (Erasmus 5th)
Colinæus
- 1534 (Colinæus)
Stephanus (Robert Estienne)
- 1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
- 1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
- 1550 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
- 1551 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)
Theodore Beza
- 1565 (Beza 1st)
- 1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
- 1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
- 1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
- 1582 (Beza 2nd)
- 1589 (Beza 3rd)
- 1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)
- 1598 (Beza 4th)
See Also 2 Peter 2:21 Beza 1598 (Beza)
- 1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)
Elzevir
Scholz
Scrivener
- 1894 (? ????? ???T???)
Other Greek
- 1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
- (Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
- 1881 (Westcott & Hort)
- (Greek orthodox Church)
Anglo Saxon Translations
- 1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)
- 1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)
English Translations
- 1535 (Coverdale Bible)
- 1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
- 1540 (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
- 1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition
- 1568 (Bishop's Bible First Edition
- 1745 (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
- 1770 (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
- 1790 (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
- 1795 (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
- 1833 (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
- 1835 (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
- 1850 (King James Version by Committee)
- 1851 (Murdock Translation)
- 1858 (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
- 1865 (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
- 1869 (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
- 1885 (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
- 1890 (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
- 1902 (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
- 1902 (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
- 1904 (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
- 1904 (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
- 1911 (Syrus Scofield)
- 1912 (Weymouth New Testament)
- 1918 (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
- 1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
- 1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)
- (BBE)
- (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
- (21st Century King James Version)
- (Common English Bible)
- (GOD’S WORD Translation)
- (Contemporary English Version)
- (New Living Translation)
- (Amplified Bible)
- (The Message)
- (New International Reader's Version)
- (Wycliffe New Testament)
Foreign Language Versions
Arabic
- لانه كان خيرا لهم لو لم يعرفوا طريق البر من انهم بعدما عرفوا يرتدّون عن الوصية المقدسة المسلمة لهم. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)
Aramaic
- (Aramaic Peshitta)
Basque
- Ecen hobe vkan çuqueiten iustitiazco bidea ez lutén eçagutu, ecen ez eçaguturic hura, eman içan çayen manamendu saindutic guibeleratzea:
Bulgarian
- 1940 (Bulgarian Bible)
Chinese
- 1 他 们 晓 得 义 路 , 竟 背 弃 了 传 给 他 们 的 圣 命 , 倒 不 如 不 晓 得 为 妙 。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))
- 1 他 們 曉 得 義 路 , 竟 背 棄 了 傳 給 他 們 的 聖 命 , 倒 不 如 不 曉 得 為 妙 。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
French
- car il leur eut mieux valu n'avoir pas connu la voie de la justice, que de se detourner, apres l'avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur avait ete donne; (French Darby)
- 1744 Car il leur eût mieux valu n'avoir pas connu la voie de la justice, qu'après l'avoir connue se détourner du saint commandement qui leur avait été donné. (Martin 1744)
- 1744 (Ostervald 1744)
German
- 1545 (Luther 1545)
- 1871 (Elberfelder 1871)
- 1912 Denn es wäre ihnen besser, daß sie den Weg der Gerechtigkeit nicht erkannt hätten, als daß sie erkennen und sich kehren von dem heiligen Gebot, das ihnen gegeben ist. (Luther 1912)
Italian
- 1649 Imperocchè meglio era per loro non aver conosciuta la via della giustizia, che, dopo averla conosciuta, rivolgersi indietro dal santo comandamento che era loro stato dato. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)
- 1927 Perché meglio sarebbe stato per loro non aver conosciuta la via della giustizia, che, dopo averla conosciuta, voltar le spalle al santo comandamento ch’era loro stato dato. (Riveduta Bible 1927)
Japanese
Latin
- melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam iustitiae quam post agnitionem retrorsum converti ab eo quod illis traditum est sancto mandato Latin Vulgate
- 1527 (Erasmus 1527)
- 1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)
Pidgin
- 1996 (Pidgin King Jems)
Romainian
- 2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)
Russian
- 1876 Лучше бы им не познать пути правды, нежели, познав, возвратиться назад от преданной им святой заповеди. Russian Synodal Version
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Spanish
- (RVG Spanish)
Swedish
- 1917 Ty det hade varit bättre för dem att icke hava lärt känna rättfärdighetens väg, än att nu, sedan de hava lärt känna den, vända tillbaka, bort ifrån det heliga bud som har blivit dem meddelat. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)
Tagalog
- 1905 Sapagka't magaling pa sa kanila ang hindi nakakilala ng daan ng katuwiran, kay sa, pagkatapos na makakilala ito ay tumalikod sa banal na utos na ibinigay sa kanila. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)
Tok Pisin
- 1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)
Vietnamese
- 1934 chúng nó đã biết đường công bình, rồi lại lui đi về lời răn thánh đã truyền cho mình, thế thì thà rằng không biết là hơn. (VIET)