2 Peter 3:8 - The Message Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost. He’s giving everyone space and time to change. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. [Ps. 90:4.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Don’t let it escape your notice, dear friends, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a single day. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, let this one thing not escape notice, most beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |