2 Peter 2:4 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast [them] down to Tartarus, did deliver [them] to judgment, having been reserved,

English ASV

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

English Amplified

For God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but cast them into hell, delivering them to be kept there in pits of gloom till the judgment and their doom.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but cast them into hell, delivering them to be kept there in pits of gloom till the judgment and their doom.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell and delivered them in chains of utter darkness to be kept for judgment;

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment;

English EASY 2024

God even punished the angels who refused to obey him. He threw them down into the deep hole of hell. He tied them up and he kept them in that completely dark place. They will remain there until the day when God will judge them.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When angels sinned, God did not let them go free without punishment. He sent them to hell. He put those angels in caves of darkness, where they are being held until the time when God will judge them.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, where they are kept chained in darkness, waiting for the Day of Judgment.

English God's Word - GW 1995

God didn't spare angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, where he has secured them with chains of darkness and is holding them for judgment.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For if God didn't spare the angels who sinned, but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;

English KJV 1611

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

English LSB

For if God did not spare angels who sinned, but cast them into the pit and delivered them to chains of darkness, being kept for judgment;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For if God did not spare the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but condemned them to the chains of Tartarus and handed them over to be kept for judgment;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God did not spare angels when they sinned. Instead, he sent them to hell. He put them in dark prisons. He will keep them there until he judges them.

English NIV

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;

English NKJ 1982

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

English NLT

For God did not spare even the angels when they sinned; he threw them into hell, in gloomy caves and darkness until the judgment day.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Now, don’t forget, God had no pity for the angels when they sinned but threw them into the lowest, darkest dungeon of gloom and locked them in chains, where they are firmly held until the judgment of torment.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of nether gloom to be kept until the judgment;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For God did not spare even the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, chained in gloomy caves and darkness until the judgment day.

English Tyndale 1537

For if God spared not the angels that sinned but cast them down into hell, and put(delivered) them in chains of darkness (to be punished) there to be kept unto judgement:(and delivered them over to be kept unto judgment)