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


In Context

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

4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

5 For 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:

6 By which 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 to fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

8 But, 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.

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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:6by which means 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: