2 Peter 3:8

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 Living Translation (NLT)But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

Context of 2 Peter 3:8

6by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 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. 9The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 10But 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.

2 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 desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
• 1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:
• Psalms 90:4For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.

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

Topics related to 2 Peter 3:8

• Day
• God
• Jesus Continued
• Time
• Year

In the dictionaries

• Asleep
• Dissolve
• Hard
• Promise
• Wrest
• Day
• Forget; Forgetful
• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Literature, Sub-Apostolic

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