“(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing & hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day, with their vnlawfull deeds.)”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;)
- King James Version
(for by what he saw and heard {that} righteous man, while living among them, felt {his} righteous soul tormented day after day by {their} lawless deeds),
- New American Standard Version (1995)
(for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed `his' righteous soul from day to day with `their' lawless deeds):
- American Standard Version (1901)
(Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):
- Basic English Bible
(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,)
- Darby Bible
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, grieved his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
- Webster's Bible
(For their lawless deeds were torture, day after day, to the pure soul of that righteous man--all that he saw and heard whilst living in their midst.)
- Weymouth Bible
(for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):
- World English Bible
for in siyt and hering he was iust, and dwellide amongst hem that fro dai in to dai turmentiden with wickid werkis a iust soule.
- Wycliffe Bible
for in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing.
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for 2 Peter 2:8
2Pe 2:8 For that righteous man . . . vexed [his] righteous soul. Lot, seeing and hearing the wickedness around him, was sore distressed.