What Does 2 Peter 2:11 Mean in the King James?
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Even beings greater in power treat strength as no license to pronounce a slanderous verdict before the Lord.
THE MEANING
The verse shows beings greater in power and might withholding slanderous judgment against others before the Lord. Their strength does not turn accusation into a rightful verdict; the matter remains in the Lord’s presence.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the belief that greater strength or spiritual standing makes a condemning accusation harmless before God.
THE ROOT
κρίσιν
krisin
GROWS FROM
κρίνω
krinō
To separate, distinguish, decide, or judge.
The noun translated “accusation” belongs to the word family of deciding and judging: the verse describes restraint from issuing a slanderous verdict, not merely from using harsh phrasing. Its branches name the judge and the judgment, holding speaker, decision, and verdict within one word-family.
ALSO GROWS
kritēs: A judge; one who makes a decision.
κριτής
The judge is the one who carries out the act of discernment, making clear that this word-family concerns authority to decide.
krisis: Judgment or decision.
κρίσις
This is the noun form for judgment itself, showing how closely the verse’s “accusation” is bound to the act of rendering a verdict.
THE PATTERN
Accusatory judgment is restrained and left in the Lord’s hands.
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.Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?THE THREAD
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.Jude uses the same language of bringing a railing judgment, making the link between the verses unusually direct. Together they show restraint from issuing a condemning verdict and leave the rebuke with the Lord.
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