2 Peter 3:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord `is' as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

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  • Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in Thine eyes `are' as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

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    9 the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

    10 and 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.

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

    12 waiting 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;

    13 and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

    14 wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

    15 and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you,

  • 2 Pet 3:3-7
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    3 this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

    4 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;'

    5 for 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,

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

    7 and 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.

  • 4 For a thousand years in Thine eyes `are' as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night.

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    1 And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,

    2 for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

  • 17 and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    14 Near `is' the great day of Jehovah, Near, and hasting exceedingly, The noise of the day of Jehovah, Bitterly shriek there doth a mighty one.

    15 A day of wrath `is' that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.

  • Jas 5:7-8
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    7 Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

    8 be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;

  • 4 and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

  • 30 `According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

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

  • 37 for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;

  • 17 Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

  • 33 Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

  • 1 And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times,

  • 1 For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,

  • 31 the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

  • 8 in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • 7 And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time -- there is light.

  • 25 and the saying of the Lord doth remain -- to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.

  • 7 again He doth limit a certain day, `To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'

  • 18 we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen `are' temporary, but the things not seen `are' age-during.

  • 9 The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

  • 3 For yet the vision `is' for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

  • 5 but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

  • 9 (For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.)

  • 9 Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.

  • 42 `Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

  • 33 the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

  • 4 A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

  • 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.

  • 19 And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise -- in your hearts;

  • 10 For good `is' a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

  • 3 let not any one deceive you in any manner, because -- if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed -- the son of the destruction,

  • 2 He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him.

  • 15 And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near `is' a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

  • 8 Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

  • 12 Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,