2 Peter 3:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἥξει δὲ ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτὶ· ἐν ᾗ οἱ οὐρανοὶ ῥοιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσονται, καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα κατακαήσεται.

Transliteration

Hēxei but the hēmera Kyriou as kleptēs in nykti; in which the ouranoi rhoizēdon pareleusontai, stoicheia but kausoumena lythēsontai, and gē and the in it erga katakaēsetai.

Grammar Details

• *hēxei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will come/arrive
• *hēmera*: nominative, feminine, singular - day
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord/Master
• *kleptēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - thief
• *nykti*: dative, feminine, singular - in night
• *ouranoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - heavens/skies
• *rhoizēdon*: adverb - with a rushing noise/with a roar
• *pareleusontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person plural - will pass away/disappear
• *stoicheia*: nominative, neuter, plural - elements/basic principles
• *kausoumena*: present passive participle, nominative, neuter, plural - being burned up/consumed with heat
• *lythēsontai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person plural - will be loosed/dissolved
• *gē*: nominative, feminine, singular - earth/land
• *erga*: nominative, neuter, plural - works/deeds
• *katakaēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - will be burned up/consumed by fire

Word Meanings

• *hēxei*: will come/arrive/appear
• *hēmera*: day/time period
• *Kyriou*: of Lord/Master/Ruler
• *kleptēs*: thief/robber
• *nykti*: night/darkness
• *ouranoi*: heavens/skies/celestial regions
• *rhoizēdon*: with a rushing noise/with a roar/with a loud sound
• *pareleusontai*: will pass away/disappear/vanish
• *stoicheia*: elements/basic principles/fundamental parts
• *kausoumena*: being burned up/consumed with heat/set on fire
• *lythēsontai*: will be loosed/dissolved/melted
• *gē*: earth/land/ground/world
• *erga*: works/deeds/actions
• *katakaēsetai*: will be burned up/consumed by fire/incinerated

Referenced Verses

• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
• Rev 21:1 : 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.
• 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
• 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
• Rev 16:15 : 15 (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
• Luke 12:39 : 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.
• Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep [it], and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come {G1909} {G4571} as a thief, and thou shalt not {G3361} know what hour I will come upon thee.
• 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
• Isa 34:4 : 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig-tree.
• Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
• Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
• Joel 2:1 : 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
• Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
• Ps 97:5 : 5 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
• Ps 102:26 : 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
• Isa 24:19 : 19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
• Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
• Amos 9:5 : 5 For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, [is] he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;
• Amos 9:13 : 13 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
• Mic 1:4 : 4 And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
• Matt 24:42-43 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
• Mark 13:31 : 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
• 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• 2 Cor 1:14 : 14 as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
• Heb 1:11-12 : 11 They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
• Jude 1:6 : 6 And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Rom 8:20 : 20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
• Joel 3:14 : 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.