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

4They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.” 5They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed. 8But 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.

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 God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
• Genesis 7:10After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
• Genesis 9:15and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
• Job 12:15If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
• Matthew 24:38In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.
• Luke 17:27In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and 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

• Asleep
• Dissolve
• Hard
• Noah
• Promise
• Wrest
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)
• Jude, the Epistle of
• Peter, Simon

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