2 Peter 3:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“through which the world of that time perished in the flood.”
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BSBPD
“through which the world of that time perished in the flood.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Peter 3:6 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:10And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
- Genesis 9:15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
- Job 12:15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
- Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- Luke 17:27People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- 2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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