5For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.


In Context

2 That you may be mindful of those words which I told you before from the holy prophets, and of your apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and Saviour.

3 Knowing this first, that in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

4 Saying: Where is his promise or his coming? for since the time that the fathers slept, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

5 For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.

6 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 the ungodly men.

2 Peter 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5For 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For 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: