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


In Context

3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,

4 and 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.

5 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;

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

7 but 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.

8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

2 Peter 3:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:6By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:6by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6By which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: