2 Peter 3:5

2 Peter chapter 3 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

Context

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

v.5This passage

v.6by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Psalms 33:6
By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Colossians 1:17
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
John 3:19
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.