Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: Treasury of Scripture 2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness... Genesis 7:10-23 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were on the earth... Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh... Job 12:15 Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. Matthew 24:38,39 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage... 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...
Context Christ's Coming Judgment
1This second letter, beloved, I now write to you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior: 3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8But, 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. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Darby Bible Translation
through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished.
King James Bible
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Young's Literal Translation
through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;
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