King James Version
Jude 1:11 in the King James Version says “Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perishe...” — study this verse from Jude chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”
Jude 1:11 · KJV
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
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.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“in the way”
G3598a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means
“they have gone”
G4198to traverse, i.e., travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the error”
G4106objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“perished”
G622to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
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