1 Peter 2:8
1 Peter 2:8 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
1 Peter 2:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)
8 and
“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
1 Peter 2:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 And,
“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
the rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
1 Peter 2:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 and
“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
1 Peter 2:8 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 Also, he is
“a stone that causes people to stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they do not obey what God says, which is what God planned to happen to them.
1 Peter 2:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 and,
A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence;
for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
1 Peter 2:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.
1 Peter 2:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 a stone that people trip over,
a large rock that people find offensive.”
The people tripped over the word because they refused to believe it. Therefore, this is how they ended up.
1 Peter 2:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 and
A stone to stumble over,
and a rock to trip over.
They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.
1 Peter 2:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 and
“A stone that makes them stumble,
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
1 Peter 2:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 and
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,”
who stumble because they disobey the word to which also they were consigned.
1 Peter 2:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 And,
“It is a stone that causes people to trip.
It is a rock that makes them fall.”
They trip and fall because they do not obey the message. That is also what God planned for them.
1 Peter 2:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
8 and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.