2 Peter 2:17

These men ¹  are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness ²  have been reserved.

Job 6:14-17; Jer 14:3; Ho 6:4; Mt 8:12; Mt 22:13; Mt 25:30; Eph 4:14; 2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:6,13; Jude 1:12,13

¹ tn Although some translations have simply “these” or “these people,” since in v. 14 they are described as having eyes “full of an adulteress,” men are in view.

² tn Grk “utter darkness of darkness.” Verse 4 speaks of wicked angels presently in “chains of utter darkness,” while the final fate of the false teachers is a darker place still.