2 Peter 3:8
2 Peter chapter 3 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But, 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Context
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.
v.8This passage
v.9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.