New English Translation
2 Peter 3:8
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 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- New International Version (NIV)But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Context of 2 Peter 3:8
6Through 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. Now, 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. 9The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
Read all of 2 Peter 32 Peter 3:8 word by word
Ἓν δὲ τοῦτο μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι μία ἡμέρα παρὰ κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη καὶ χίλια ἔτη ὡς ἡμέρα μία.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- belovedἀγαπητόςagapētos · belovedG27
- beλανθάνωlanthanō · be hiddenG2990
- ·σύsu · youG4771
- notμήmē · notG3361
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- one thingεἷςheis · oneG1520
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- withπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- a thousandχίλιοιchilioi · thousandG5507
- yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
- andκαίkai · andG2532
Cross-references for 2 Peter 3:8
- Romans 11:25For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,
- 1 Corinthians 12:1With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
- Psalms 90:4Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.
Commentaries on 2 Peter 3:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Be not ignorant - Though they are wilfully ignorant, neglect not ye the means of instruction. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years - That is: All time is as nothing before him, because in the presence as in the nature of God all is eternity; therefore nothing is long, nothing short, before him; no lapse of ages impairs his purposes, nor need he wait to find convenience to execute those purposes. And when the longest period of time has passed by…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years - This 2 Peter 3:8-9 is the second consideration by which the apostle meets the objection of scoffers against the doctrine of the second coming of the Saviour. The objection was, that much time, and perhaps the time which had been supposed to be set for his coming, had passed away, and still all things remained as they were. The reply of the apostle is, that…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. 8Peter refers to Psalm 90:4. God works according to his own sense of time, and he will send his Son when the time is right.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. be not ignorant--as those scoffers are (2Pe 3:5). Besides the refutation of them (2Pe 3:5-7) drawn from the history of the deluge, here he adds another (addressed more to believers than to the mockers): God's delay in fulfilling His promise is not, like men's delays, owing to inability or fickleness in keeping His word, but through "long-suffering." this one thing--as the consideration of chief importance (Lu 10:42). one day ... thousand years--(Psa…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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