Jude 1:11

“Woe to them, because they have walked in the way of Cain, and for wages have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam, and perished in the opposition of Korah.”
Jude 1:11 · direct translation from the Greek

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Woeοὐαὶto them,αὐτοῖςbecauseὅτιthey have walkedἐπορεύθησανin the wayτῇ ὁδῷof Cain,τοῦ Κάϊνandκαὶfor wagesμισθοῦhave abandoned themselvesἐξεχύθησανto the errorτῇ πλάνῃof Balaam,τοῦ Βαλαὰμandκαὶperishedἀπώλοντοin the oppositionτῇ ἀντιλογίᾳof Korah.τοῦ Κόρε

Theme · Genesis 4:8

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Jude speaks of “the way of Cain”; Genesis 4:8 tells that Cain killed his brother.

The same term appears in both passages.

ΚάϊνKainG2535קַיִןkayinH7014“Cain”

Theme · Numbers 16:1-3

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Jude speaks of the “rebellion of Korah”; Numbers 16 tells how Korah rose up against Moses and Aaron.

The same term appears in both passages.

ΚόρεKoreG2879קֹרַחkorajH7141“Korah”

Theme · Numbers 22:7

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Jude speaks of the “error of Balaam” for wages; in Numbers 22:7 the elders of Moab and Midian go to Balaam with the fee for divination.

The same term appears in both passages.

ΒαλαὰμBalaamG903בִּלְעָםbilamH1109“Balaam”

Jude 1:11, word by word

Woeοὐαὶouai

woe

Woe!: a cry of grief or of warning.

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they have walkedἐπορεύθησανeporeuthēsan

walk

To live in a certain way.

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in the wayὁδῷhodōi

road

The route by which one goes from one place to another, or the trip itself.

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of CainΚάϊνKain

Cain

Cain, son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel.

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for wagesμισθοῦmisthou

wages

What is earned for work.

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have abandoned themselvesἐξεχύθησανexechythēsan

pour abundantly

To give something in abundance, like the Spirit.

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to the errorπλάνῃplanēi

error, deception

Deception, error.

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of BalaamΒαλαὰμBalaam

Balaam

Balaam, the prophet who sought to curse Israel for money.

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perishedἀπώλοντοapōlonto

perish

To die, or be cut off from God forever.

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in the oppositionἀντιλογίᾳantilogiai

opposition

Revolt against someone.

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of KorahΚόρεKore

Korah

Korah, who rebelled against Moses.

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Translation note

Recalls Genesis 4, Numbers 22-24, and Numbers 16.

The context

10But these blaspheme all that they do not know, and what they understand by instinct, like irrational animals, by these things they are destroyed.

11 · This verse (above)

12These are the stains in your love feasts, feasting together without fear, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

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