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2 Peter 3:6

Judgment

4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one 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 as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

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  • 2 Peter 2:5

    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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  • Luke 17:27

    They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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  • Genesis 7:10–23

    And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

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  • Job 12:15

    Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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  • Genesis 9:15

    And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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