Jude 13
Wild waves ( κυματα αγρια ). Waves (Mt 8:24, from κυεω, to swell) wild (from αγρος, field, wild honey Mt 3:4) like untamed animals of the forest or the sea.Foaming out ( επαφριζοντα ). Late and rare present active participle of επαφριζω, used in Moschus for the foaming waves as here. Cf. Isa 57:20.
Shame ( αισχυνας ). Plural "shames" (disgraces). Cf. Php 3:19.
Wandering stars ( αστερες πλανητα ). "Stars wanderers." Πλανητης, old word (from πλαναω ), here alone in N.T. Some refer this to comets or shooting stars. See Isa 14:12 for an allusion to Babylon as the day-star who fell through pride.
For ever ( εις αιωνα ). The rest of the relative clause exactly as in 2Pe 2:17.
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