2 Peter 3:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein 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 were passed away; and there was no more sea.
• 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 and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition 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 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
• Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
• 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein 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 on 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 burned 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 fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig 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 the LORD is at hand, and as a 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 the LORD 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 the terrible day of the LORD come.
• Ps 97:5 : 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, 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 the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
• Isa 24:19 : 19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
• Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
• Amos 9:5 : 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
• Amos 9:13 : 13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 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 molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
• Matt 24:42-43 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
• 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 an 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 have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• Heb 1:11-12 : 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
• Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 The heathen raged{H8804)}, the kingdoms were moved{H8804)}: he uttered{H8804)} his voice, the earth melted{H8799)}.
• Rom 8:20 : 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
• Joel 3:14 : 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.