New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Peter 3:10
10But 1the day of the Lord 2will come like a thief, in which 3the heavens 4will pass away with a roar and the 5elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and 6the earth and 7its works will be 8burned 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 do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. 11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
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
- the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- will comeἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
- likeὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- a thiefκλέπτηςkleptēs · thiefG2812
- in whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- the heavensοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- will passπαρέρχομαιparerchomai · to pass byG3928
- with a roarῥοιζηδόνrhoizēdon · with a roarG4500
- elementsστοιχεῖονstoicheion · principleG4747
- will be destroyedλύωluō · to looseG3089
- the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
- its worksἔργονergon · workG2041
- burnedκατακαίωkatakaiō · to burnG2618
Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:10
- Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased.
- Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Joel 2:1Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the Lord is coming; Surely it is near,
- Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
- Malachi 4:5“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 1:14just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- Jude 1:6And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
- Matthew 24:42“Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
- Luke 12:39“But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
- Revelation 3:3So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
- Revelation 16:15(“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”)
- Psalms 102:26Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
- Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the sky, Then look to the earth beneath; For the sky will vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not wane.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not 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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Notes
- 1. 2 Peter 3:10 1 Cor 1:8 ↩
- 2. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:43; Luke 12:39; 1 Thess 5:2; Rev 3:3; 16:15 ↩
- 3. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 34:4; 2 Pet 3:7, 12 ↩
- 4. 2 Peter 3:10 Matt 24:35; Rev 21:1 ↩
- 5. 2 Peter 3:10 Is 24:19; Mic 1:4 ↩
- 6. 2 Peter 3:10 2 Pet 3:7 ↩
- 7. 2 Peter 3:10 Lit the works in it ↩
- 8. 2 Peter 3:10 Two early mss read discovered ↩
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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