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2 Peter 3:6

Judgment

4 “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

5 But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

7 And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

8 Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
KJV
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
WEB
by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.
ASV
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
DARBY
through which [waters] the then world, deluged with water, perished.
BLB
through which the world at that time was destroyed, having been deluged with water.
ÅB
og ved det ordet gikk den verden som da fantes, under i vannflommen.
OTB
gjennom hvilket verden på den tiden ble ødelagt da den ble oversvømmet med vann.
B1930
og derved gikk den verden som da var, under i vannflommen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 24:38–39

    For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

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  • 2 Peter 2:5

    if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

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  • Luke 17:27

    People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

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  • Genesis 7:10–23

    And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

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  • Job 12:15

    If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.

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  • Genesis 9:15

    I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

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