2 Peter 3:6
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
KJV
δι’ ὧν ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι κατακλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο·
Greek NT
per quæ, ille tunc mundus aqua inundatus, periit.
Vulgate
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
ASV
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
κατακλύζω
katakluzo
verb · 1×
κόσμος
kosmos
noun · 184×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 24.—Passages from the Psalms of David Which Predict the End of the World and the Last Judgment. There are many allusions to the last judgment in the Psalms, but for the most part only casual and slight. I cannot, however, omit 444 to mention what is said there in express terms of the end of this world: “In the beginning hast Thou laid the foundations of the earth, O Lor…
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:5 — And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- 2Pet 2:5 — And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- Gen 6:13 — And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Gen 7:10 — And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
- Gen 7:23 — And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and N
- Gen 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
- Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
- Luke 17:26 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
- Luke 17:27 — They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Matt 24:37 — But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Matt 24:38 — For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
- Nah 1:8 — But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
- Prov 21:12 — The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.