2 Peter 2:8

— For that tzaddik, living among them day after day, was tortured in his nefesh hayesharah (honest soul) by the darchei mufkarim (the ways of lawless ones) that he saw and heard

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

In Context

7And if Hashem delivered Lot, a tzaddik distressed by the hitnahagut (conduct) of the mufkarim + 2:7 2:8,10; 3:17 (lawless) walking in darchei zimah (the ways of licentiousness)

9— Then Hashem knows how to rescue the chasidim from trial and how to preserve the anshei resha (men of wickedness) for punishment for the Yom HaDin,

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Cross References

Psalms 119:139My zeal hath consumed me, 1 because mine enemies have forgotten Thy devarim. 1

Proverbs 25:26A tzaddik who falters before the rasha is like a muddy spring, 1 and a polluted makor (fountain). 1

Ezekiel 9:4And Hashem said unto him, Go through the midst of the Ir, through the midst of Yerushalayim, and put a TAV upon the mitzekhot (foreheads) of the anashim that grieve and lament for kol hato'evot that are being done in the midst thereof.

Malachi 3:15And now we call the zedim (proud) happy; 1 yea, they that work rishah (wickedness) are set up; 1 yea, they that tempt Elohim even go free. 1

James 5:16Therefore, make vidduy (confession of sin) to one another, and daven tefillos on behalf of one another, so that you may have refuah sheleimah (complete healing). The tefillah of a tzaddik is powerful and effective.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 2:8-10

Divine Judgments. ( a. d. 67.) 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: When God sends destruction on the ungodly, he commands deliverance for the righteous; and, if he rain fire and brimstone on the wicked, he… Read the whole commentary →

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