2 Peter 3:6 - Plain English Version

⁶ Then later, God used a big flood of water to finish up everybody in the world at that time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Through which the world that then [existed] was deluged with water and perished. [Gen. 1:6-8; 7:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Common English Bible

⁶ And it was through these that the world of that time was flooded and destroyed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ By water, the former world then, having been inundated with water, perished.

2 Peter 3:6 Cross References

Genesis 9:15

Then I will remember what I promised to you, and to all the living animals. And there will never again be a flood that will kill all of the animals on the earth.

2 Peter 2:5

At another time, the people in the world did lots of bad things and didn’t live God’s way. There was only one man that lived the right way. His name was Noah. He tried to tell all the other people to live God’s way too, but they didn’t listen to him. So God sent a big flood of water and drowned all those bad people. But he kept Noah safe, and he kept the 7 other people in his family safe too.