2 Peter 3:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,
  • Gen 7:10-23 : 10 And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened, 12 and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In this self-same day went in Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, unto the ark; 14 they, and every living creature after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird -- every wing. 15 And they come in unto Noah, unto the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which `is' a living spirit; 16 and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close `it' for him. 17 And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth; 18 and the waters are mighty, and multiply exceedingly upon the earth; and the ark goeth on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which `are' under the whole heavens; 20 fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered; 21 and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind; 22 all in whose nostrils `is' breath of a living spirit -- of all that `is' in the dry land -- have died. 23 And wiped away is all the substance that is on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens; yea, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who `are' with him in the ark;
  • Gen 9:15 : 15 and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;
  • Job 12:15 : 15 Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.
  • Matt 24:38-39 : 38 for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.
  • Luke 17:27 : 27 they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

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  • 2 Pet 3:4-5
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    4and 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;'

    5for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

  • 2 Pet 3:7
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    7and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

  • 2 Pet 2:5-6
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    5and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,

    6and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set `them';

  • 1 Pet 3:20
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    20who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

  • Gen 7:17-24
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    17And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;

    18and the waters are mighty, and multiply exceedingly upon the earth; and the ark goeth on the face of the waters.

    19And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which `are' under the whole heavens;

    20fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;

    21and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind;

    22all in whose nostrils `is' breath of a living spirit -- of all that `is' in the dry land -- have died.

    23And wiped away is all the substance that is on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens; yea, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who `are' with him in the ark;

    24and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 6:17
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    17`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which `is' a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that `is' in the earth doth expire.

  • Job 22:16
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    16Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

  • Gen 7:6
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    6and Noah `is' a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth.

  • Gen 6:11-13
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    11And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled `with' violence.

    12And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.

    13And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    10And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth.

    11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,

    12and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Gen 8:2-3
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    2and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

    3And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-12
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    73%

    10and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

    11All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

    12waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt;

  • Heb 11:7
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    7By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

  • Gen 1:6-7
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    6And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'

    7And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which `are' under the expanse, and the waters which `are' above the expanse: and it is so.

  • Heb 11:3
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    3by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

  • Luke 17:26-27
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    26`And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;

    27they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

  • Gen 6:7
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    7And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'

  • Gen 7:4
    71%

    4for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.'

  • Gen 1:2
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    2the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness `is' on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

  • Gen 2:6
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    6and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground.

  • Gen 8:14
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    14And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.

  • Ps 104:6
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    6The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

  • Gen 1:9
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    9And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37and as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

  • Luke 17:29
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    29and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

  • Gen 9:11
    69%

    11And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.'