2 Peter 3:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and saying, `Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'

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  • Jer 17:15 : 15 Lo, they are saying unto me: `Where `is' the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.'
  • Mal 2:17 : 17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer `is' good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where `is' the God of judgment?'
  • Eccl 1:9 : 9 What `is' that which hath been? it `is' that which is, and what `is' that which hath been done? it `is' that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence hath not been done `on' an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
  • Matt 24:48 : 48 `And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,
  • Mark 10:6 : 6 but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;
  • Mark 13:19 : 19 for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;
  • Luke 12:45 : 45 `And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 for what `is' our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 `And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;
  • Gen 19:14 : 14 And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as `one' mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
  • Isa 5:18-19 : 18 Wo `to' those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as `with' thick ropes of the cart -- sin. 19 Who are saying, `Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near and come, and we know.'
  • Jer 5:12-13 : 12 They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, ``It is' not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see. 13 And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.
  • Ezek 11:3 : 3 who are saying, It `is' not near -- to build houses, it `is' the pot, and we the flesh.
  • Ezek 12:22-27 : 22 `Son of man, what `is' this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision? 23 therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused this simile to cease, And they use it not as a simile again in Israel, But speak to them: Drawn near have the days, And spoken hath every vision. 24 For there is no more any vain vision, and flattering divination, In the midst of the house of Israel. 25 For I `am' Jehovah, I speak, The word that I speak -- it is done, It is not prolonged any more, For, in your days, O rebellious house, I speak a word, and I have done it, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.' 26 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: 27 `Son of man, lo, the house of Israel are saying, The vision that he is seeing `is' for many days, and of times far off he is prophesying,
  • Matt 24:28 : 28 for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

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