1 Peter 2:8
“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 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 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
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.