But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Parallel translations
- WEB But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.
- BSB These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- NKJV But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.
- NASB But these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and all the things that they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
- NLT But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.
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Quick answer
These men revile what they do not understand and are corrupted by the instinctive things they do grasp, like unreasoning animals.
Overview
In contrast to Michael's restraint, the false teachers blasphemously mock spiritual realities beyond their understanding. What they do know, they pursue only by base instinct, like irrational beasts, and these very things destroy them. Their pride and sensuality together lead to ruin, showing the self-destructive nature of rebellion against God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- 2 Pet 2:12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
- Rom 1:21–22Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
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