God’s Word Translation
2 Peter 3:6
6Water also flooded and destroyed that world.
2 Peter 3:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- New International Version (NIV)By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
- New King James Version (NKJV)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
Context of 2 Peter 3:6
4by saying, “What’s happened to his promise to return? Ever since our ancestors died, everything continues as it did from the beginning of the world.” 5They are deliberately ignoring one fact: Because of God’s word, heaven and earth existed a long time ago. The earth ⌞appeared⌟ out of water and was kept alive by water. Water also flooded and destroyed that world. 7By God’s word, the present heaven and earth are designated to be burned. They are being kept until the day ungodly people will be judged and destroyed. 8Dear friends, don’t ignore this fact: One day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.
Read all of 2 Peter 32 Peter 3:6 word by word
δι᾽ ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι κατακλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:6
- 2 Peter 2:5God didn’t spare the ancient world either. He brought the flood on the world of ungodly people, but he protected Noah and seven other people. Noah was his messenger who told people about the kind of life that has God’s approval.
- Genesis 7:10Seven days later the flood came on the earth.
- Genesis 9:15Then I will remember my promise to you and every living animal. Never again will water become a flood to destroy all life.
- Job 12:15When he holds back the waters, there is a drought. When he releases them, they flood the earth.
- Matthew 24:38In the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship.
- Luke 17:27People were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship. Then the flood destroyed all of them.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Whereby - ̓ ̔͂ Di'hōnThrough which, or by means of which. The pronoun here is in the plural number, and there has been much difference of opinion as to what it refers. Some suppose that it refers to the heavens mentioned in the preceding verse, and to the fact that the windows of heaven were opened in the deluge (Doddridge), others that the Greek phrase is taken in the sense of ( ̀ dio) “whence.” Wetstein supposes that it refers to the “heavens and the…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. 1-13Peter moves from condemning the false teachers to encouraging the believers. The false teachers doubted that Christ would return, so Peter needed to teach clearly about this truth. Christians must hold onto the message that the apostles taught about the day of judgment. They should live godly lives as they wait for that day.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Whereby--Greek, "By which" (plural). By means of which heavens and earth (in respect to the WATERS which flowed together from both) the then world perished (that is, in respect to its occupants, men and animals, and its then existing order: not was annihilated); for in the flood "the fountains of the great deep were broken up" from the earth (1) below, and "the windows of heaven" (2) above "were opened." The earth was deluged by that water out of which…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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