2 Peter 2:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ and did not spare the world of old, but preserved Noaḥ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ and spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And He spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven other persons, when He brought a flood upon the world of ungodly [people]. [Gen. 6-8; I Peter 3:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Common English Bible

⁵ And he didn’t spare the ancient world when he brought a flood on the world of ungodly people, even though he protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he did not spare the original world, but he preserved the eighth one, Noah, the herald of justice, bringing the flood upon the world of the impious.

2 Peter 2:5 Cross References

Genesis 6:17

“And see, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under the heavens – all that is on the earth is to die.

Genesis 6:9

This is the genealogy of Noaḥ

Ezekiel 26:20

then I shall bring you down with those who go down into the Pit, to the people of old. And I shall make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in wastes of old, with those who go to the Pit, so that you do not return. But I shall establish splendour in the land of the living.

Hebrews 11:7

By belief, Noaḥ

2 Peter 3:6

through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.