2 Peter 3:6

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

4and saying, “Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water. Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water. 7But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. 8Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.

2 Peter 3:6 word by word

δι᾽ ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι κατακλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherebyδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• that then wasτότεtote · thenG5119
• being overflowedκατακλύζωkatakluzō · to floodG2626
• with waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• perishedἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622

Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:6

• 2 Peter 2:5and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,
• Genesis 7:10And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.
• Genesis 9:15then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things.
• Job 12:15If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.
• Matthew 24:38For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
• Luke 17:27People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

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

Topics related to 2 Peter 3:6

• Geology

In the dictionaries

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• Promise
• Wrest
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• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)
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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