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;


In Context

2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, 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 willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid 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.

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 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 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: