2 Peter 2:17
Cross References

These are fountains without water and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.

Hebrews 12:18
For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched and a burning fire and a whirlwind and darkness and storm,

Jude 1:12
These are spots in their banquets, feasting together without fear, feeding themselves: clouds without water, which are carried about by winds: trees of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up by the roots:

Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion: wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever.

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These are fountains without water and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.

are wells.

Job 6:14-17 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord. . . .

Jeremiah 14:3 The great ones sent their inferiors to the water: they came to draw, they found no water, they carried back their vessels empty: they were confounded and afflicted, and covered their heads.

Hosea 6:4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

Jude 1:12,13 These are spots in their banquets, feasting together without fear, feeding themselves: clouds without water, which are carried about by winds: trees of the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead, plucked up by the roots: . . .

clouds.

Ephesians 4:14 That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive.

mist.

darkness.

2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment:

Matthew 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:13 Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:30 And the unprofitable servant, cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Jude 1:6,13 And the angels who kept not their principality but forsook their own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day. . . .

Context
Deliverance from False Prophets
16But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which, speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet. 17These are fountains without water and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved. 18For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error:…
Lexicon
These [men]
Οὗτοί (Houtoi)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

are
εἰσιν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

springs
πηγαὶ (pēgai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4077: A fountain, spring, well, issue, flow. Probably from pegnumi; a fount, i.e. Source or supply.

without water
ἄνυδροι (anydroi)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 504: Without water, dry; subst: dry places, desert. Waterless, i.e. Dry.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

mists
ὁμίχλαι (homichlai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 887: A mist, dimness, darkening. Of uncertain derivation; dimness of sight, i.e. a cataract.

driven
ἐλαυνόμεναι (elaunomenai)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1643: (a) trans: I drive (on), propel, (b) intrans: I row. A prolonged form of a primary verb of uncertain affinity; to push.

by
ὑπὸ (hypo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).

a storm.
λαίλαπος (lailapos)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2978: A sudden storm, squall, whirlwind, hurricane. Of uncertain derivation; a whirlwind.

Blackest
ζόφος (zophos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2217: Darkness, murkiness, gloom. Akin to the base of nephos; gloom.

darkness
σκότους (skotous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4655: Darkness, either physical or moral. From the base of skia; shadiness, i.e. Obscurity.

is reserved
τετήρηται (tetērētai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5083: From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.

for them.
οἷς (hois)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.


Additional Translations
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

These are springs without water and mists being driven by storm, for whom gloom of darkness has been reserved.

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever].

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

These people are wells without water, mists driven along by a storm, men for whom the dense darkness has been reserved.

These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;
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