2 Peter 2:9

— 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,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

In Context

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

10Especially the ones going after the basar (flesh) in ta'avah (lust) producing tum'a (defilement) and the ones despising kol samchut. + 2:10 Mt 28:18 Bold and self-willed, these have no yirat Shomayim and therefore commit Chillul Hashem as they slander the glorious ones,

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Cross References

Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in shesh tzoros; 1 yea, in shivah there shall no rah touch thee. 1

Psalms 4:3O ye Bnei Ish, 1 how long will ye turn my kavod into shame? 1 How long will ye love delusion, 1 and seek kazav (lie, falsehood)? Selah 1

Psalms 32:6Therefore shall every Chasid pray unto Thee 1 in a time when Thou mayest be found; 1 surely in the floods of mayim rabbim 1 they shall not overtake him. 1

Proverbs 16:4Hashem works out all things for Himself, 1 indeed, even the rasha (wicked) for the Yom Ra'ah (day of evil). 1

1 Corinthians 10:13No nissayon (temptation) has overtaken you, except that which is common to Bnei Adam, but, Hashem is ne'eman (faithful), + 10:13 Dt 7:9 who will not let you to be brought into nissayon beyond what you are able, but will make with the nissayon also the derech [Tzaddikim] + 10:13 Ps 1:6 as a way out for you to be able to endure.

2 Timothy 3:12Also all the ones wanting to live as chasidim in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua will be persecuted,

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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