2 Peter 3:6 “through which the world of that time perished in the flood.”

2 Peter 3:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

World English Bible

by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.

American Standard Version

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore the worlde that then was, perished, ouerflowed with the water.

Darby Translation

through which [waters] the then world, deluged with water, perished.

Young's Literal Translation

through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

Bible in Basic English

And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.

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Cross references

“Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:”

2 Peter 2:5 Genesis 7:10–23 Luke 17:27 Genesis 9:15 Job 12:15 Matthew 24:38

2 Peter 2:5 · BSB

if 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;

Genesis 7:10–23 · BSB

And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

Luke 17:27 · BSB

People 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.

Genesis 9:15 · BSB

I 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 12:15 · BSB

If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.

Matthew 24:38 · BSB

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5But 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,

7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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