Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished.
New American Standard Bible
through which
King James Version
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Holman Bible
Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.
International Standard Version
by which the world at that time was deluged with water and destroyed.
A Conservative Version
by which the world then perished, having been overflowed with water.
American Standard Version
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Amplified
through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
An Understandable Version
[And] it was by water that the world, which existed at that time, perished in a great flood [of Noah's day]!
Anderson New Testament
by which things the world that then was, having been overflowed with water, perished.
Bible in Basic English
And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.
Common New Testament
through which the world at that time was destroyed, being deluged with water.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whence the former world was destroyed by an inundation.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
by which the world that then was, being deluged with water, perished.
Godbey New Testament
by which the world at that time, being flooded with water, perished:
Goodspeed New Testament
by which also that world was destroyed, through being flooded with water.
John Wesley New Testament
Thro' which the world that then was, being overflowed with water perished.
Julia Smith Translation
By which then the world, overflowed with water, perished:
King James 2000
By which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Lexham Expanded Bible
by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed [by] being inundated with water.
Modern King James verseion
through which the world that then was, being flooded by water, perished.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
by the which things the world that then was perished, overflowen with the water.
Moffatt New Testament
By water the then-existing world was deluged and destroyed,
Montgomery New Testament
and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed by a deluge of water.
NET Bible
Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.
New Heart English Bible
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Noyes New Testament
by means of which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished;
Sawyer New Testament
by which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, was destroyed.
The Emphasized Bible
By which means, the world that then was, with water being flooded, perished;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
whence the world then existing, being deluged by water, was destroyed;
Twentieth Century New Testament
and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed in a deluge of water.
Webster
By which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Weymouth New Testament
and that, by means of these, the then existing race of men was overwhelmed with water and perished.
Williams New Testament
by which also the world, through being deluged with water, was destroyed.
World English Bible
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Worrell New Testament
through which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished;
Worsley New Testament
Whence the old world being drowned in water perished.
Youngs Literal Translation
through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » People scoffing at the coming of the lord
Creation » Everything being created by the word of God (jesus Christ)
Day of the lord » What is kept in store for the day of judgment
the Deluge » Entire face of the earth changed by
Earth » The earth which exists now
the Earth » Not to be again inundated
Heaven/the heavens » The heavens which exist now
Perishing » How the old world perished
Water » The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by
World » The lord judging the world
Topics
Interlinear
Dia
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 2 Peter 3:6
Images 2 Peter 3:6
Prayers for 2 Peter 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Coming Day Of The Lord
5 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, 6 through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished. 7 But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Names
Cross References
2 Peter 2:5
and spared not the old world, but preserved Noe, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Genesis 7:10-23
And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
Genesis 9:15
and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Job 12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Matthew 24:38-39
For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark,
Luke 17:27
they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them;