2 Peter 3:5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁵ 4 Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For they willfully overlook and forget this [fact], that the heavens [came into] existence long ago by the word of God, and the earth also which was formed out of water and by means of water,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

Common English Bible

⁵ But they fail to notice that, by God’s word, heaven and earth were formed long ago out of water and by means of water.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established by the Word of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.

2 Peter 3:5 Cross References

Genesis 1:6

And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:9

God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

Psalm 136:6

3 Who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 24:2

Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.

Psalm 33:6

3 The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.

Proverbs 17:16

3 The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.

Romans 1:28

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and patience, and longsuffering? Knowest thou not, that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?

Colossians 1:17

6 The mystery which hath been hidden from ages and generations, but now is manifested to his saints,

Hebrews 11:3

2 For which cause there sprung even from one (and him as good as dead) as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.