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2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

KJV

ἓν δὲ τοῦτο μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς, ἀγαπητοί, ὅτι μία ἡμέρα παρὰ κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη καὶ χίλια ἔτη ὡς ἡμέρα μία.

Greek NT

Unum vero hoc non lateat vos, carissimi, quia unus dies apud Dominum sicut mille anni, et mille anni sicut dies unus.

Vulgate

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

ASV

But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λανθάνω
lanthano
verb · 6×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
χίλιοι
chilioi
adjective · 11×
ἀγαπητός
agapetos
adjective · 61×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

The devil is well practised in falsehood, by which Adam having been led astray, sinned on the sixth day of the creation, in which day also he has been renewed by Christ. 1. He had indeed been already accustomed to lie against God, for the purpose of leading men astray. For at the beginning, when God had given to man a variety of things for food, while He commanded him not to ea…
The distinction to be made between the righteous and the wicked. The future apostasy in the time of Antichrist, and the end of the world. 1. Inasmuch, then, as in this world (αἰῶνι) some persons go to the light, and by faith unite themselves with God, but others shun the light, and separate themselves from God, the Word of God comes preparing …
Chapter 7.—What is Written in the Revelation of John Regarding the Two Resurrections, and the Thousand Years, and What May Reasonably Be Held on These Points. The evangelist John has spoken of these two resurrections in the book which is called the Apocalypse, but in such a way that some Christians do not understand the first of the two, and so construe the passage into ridicul…
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. This is the only Psalm attributed to Moses. It meditates on the eternity of God in contrast with the brevity and frailty of human life. A thousand years in God's sight are but as yesterday. The days of our years are threescore years and ten — yet even the length of days is filled with labor and sorrow. Therefore Moses …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:29 — But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
  • 1Thess 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Gen 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Heb 10:37 — For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
  • Isa 54:7 — For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
  • Isa 60:22 — A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
  • Job 10:5 — Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
  • Job 36:26 — Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
  • Luke 18:8 — I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
  • Luke 18:22 — Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
  • Phil 3:13 — Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
  • Phil 4:5 — Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
  • Ps 39:5 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
  • Ps 90:4 — For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
  • Ps 90:4 — For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
  • Ps 94:15 — But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
  • Ps 102:13 — Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
  • Rev 1:3 — Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
  • Rev 12:12 — Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath bu
  • Rom 4:17 — (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.