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.


In Context

2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."

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

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

7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

2nd 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 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5For 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.

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: