2 Peter 3:6
2 Peter chapter 3 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Context
v.5For 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;
v.6This passage
v.7but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
- 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.
- Job 12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
- Matthew 24:38
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
- Luke 17:27
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- 2 Peter 2:5
and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;