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(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),
2 Peter 2:8 · New American Standard Bible
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  • WEB (for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):
  • KJV (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
  • BSB (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
  • NKJV (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—
  • NLT Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.

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Quick answer

Living among them, righteous Lot was daily tormented in his soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard. It matters because the godly should feel grief, not comfort, in the presence of sin.

Overview

Peter elaborates on Lot's inner anguish at the wickedness surrounding him. His vexed soul shows that a righteous heart is pained by sin rather than at ease with it. This stands in pointed contrast to the false teachers who delight in their corruption.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 10

  • Ps 119:158I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don’t observe your word.
  • Ezek 9:4Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
  • Ps 119:136Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADI
  • Prov 25:26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
  • Ps 119:139My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words.
  • Mal 3:15–17Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
  • 1 Tim 1:9as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
  • Jas 5:16Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
  • Prov 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
  • Ezek 9:6Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.

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