2 Peter 3:5

But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

World English Bible

For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,

American Standard Version

For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

Geneva Bible 1599

For this they willingly know not, that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water and by the water, by the word of God.

Darby Translation

For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,

Young's Literal Translation

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

Bible in Basic English

But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

In context

4“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

6through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

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