2 Peter 3:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.”
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“Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Peter 3:8 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 90:4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- 1 Corinthians 12:1Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
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