Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on 2Pet 2:17

“These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved.”

“(Jde 1:12-13.) wells--"clouds" in Jude; both promising (compare Pe2 2:19) water, but yielding none; so their "great swelling words" are found on trial to be but "vanity" (Pe2 2:18). clouds--The oldest manuscripts and versions read, "mists," dark, and not transparent and bright as "clouds" often are, whence the latter term is applied sometimes to the saints; fit emblem of the children of darkness. "Clouds" is a transcriber's correction from Jde 1:12, where it is appropriate, "clouds . . . without water" (promising what they do not perform); but not here, "mists driven along by a tempest." mist--blackness; "the chilling horror accompanying darkness" [BENGEL].”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.