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


In Context

3 this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

4 and saying, 'Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'

5 for 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,

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

7 and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

8 And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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