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2 Peter 3:10
10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
2 Peter 3:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
- New International Version (NIV)But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Context of 2 Peter 3:10
8But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with [the] Lord [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9[The] Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. 11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness, 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [the] heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall melt?
Read all of 2 Peter 32 Peter 3:10 word by word
ἥξει δὲ ἡμέρα κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν ᾗ οἱ οὐρανοὶ ῥοιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσεται, καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται.Read the interlinear
- dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- comeἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
- thiefκλέπτηςkleptēs · thiefG2812
- heavensοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- passπαρέρχομαιparerchomai · to pass byG3928
- elementsστοιχεῖονstoicheion · principleG4747
- burningκατακαίωkatakaiō · to burnG2618
- earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
- worksἔργονergon · workG2041
Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:10
- Isaiah 2:12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
- Joel 1:15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
- Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is at hand;
- Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.
- Malachi 4:5Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5to deliver him, [I say,] [being] such, to Satan for destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 1:14even as also ye have recognised us in part, that we are your boast, even as ye [are] ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- Jude 1:6And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to [the] judgment of [the] great day;
- Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
- Luke 12:39But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of [the] Lord so comes as a thief by night.
- Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep [it] and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come [upon thee] as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee.
- Revelation 16:15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watches and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that they [may not] see his shame.)
- Psalms 102:26They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
- Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Matthew 24:35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The day of the Lord will come - See Matthew 24:43, to which the apostle seems to allude. The heavens shall pass away with a great noise - As the heavens mean here, and in the passages above, the whole atmosphere, in which all the terrestrial vapours are lodged; and as water itself is composed of two gases, eighty-five parts in weight of oxygen, and fifteen of hydrogen, or two parts in volume of the latter, and one of the former; (for if these quantities…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But the day of the Lord - The day of the Lord Jesus. That is, the day in which he will be manifested. It is called his day, because he will then be the grand and prominent object as the Judge of all. Compare Luke 17:27. Will come as a thief in the night - Unexpectedly; suddenly. See the notes at 1 Thessalonians 5:2. In the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise - That is, what seems to us to be the heavens. It cannot mean that the holy home…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 Had these scoffers considered the dreadful vengeance with which God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, surely they would not have scoffed at his threatening an equally terrible judgment. The heavens and the earth which now are, by the same word, it is declared, will be destroyed by fire. This is as sure to come, as the truth and the power of God can make it. Christians are here taught and established in the truth of the coming of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The elements might refer to the basic parts of the physical universe or to the sun, moon, and stars. its works will be laid bare: The Greek wording here is difficult to interpret. The most likely meaning is that creation will stand before God at the time of judgment, and God will see that it deserves his judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. The certainty, suddenness, and concomitant effects, of the coming of the day of the Lord. Faber argues from this that the millennium, &c., must precede Christ's literal coming, not follow it. But "the day of the Lord" comprehends the whole series of events, beginning with the pre-millennial advent, and ending with the destruction of the wicked, and final conflagration, and general judgment (which last intervenes between the conflagration and the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Peter 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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