2 Peter 3:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ But the day of יהוה  shall come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish (pass away) with a thunderous crash, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will pass away with a dreadful noise, the elements will be consumed by fire, and the earth and all the works done on it will be exposed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.

2 Peter 3:10 Cross References

Psalm 102:26

“They shall perish, but You remain; And all of them grow old like a garment; You change them like a coat, And they are changed.

Psalm 46:6

The gentiles shall rage, Reigns shall topple; He shall give forth His voice, The earth melts.

Psalm 97:5

The mountains shall melt like wax before the face of יהוה, Before the face of the Master of all the earth.

Isaiah 2:12

For יהוה  of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up, so that it is brought low;

Isaiah 24:19

The earth shall be utterly broken, the earth shall be completely shattered, the earth shall be fiercely shaken.

Isaiah 34:4

And all the host of the heavens shall rot away. And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll, and all their host fade like a leaf fading on the vine, and like the fading one of a fig tree.

Isaiah 51:6

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath, for the heavens shall vanish like smoke, and the earth wear out like a garment, and those who dwell in it die as gnats. But My deliverance is forever, and My righteousness is not broken.

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the day of יהוה  is near, and it comes as destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:1

Blow a ram’s horn in Tsiyon, and sound an alarm in My set-apart mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble, for the day of יהוה  is coming, for it is near:

Joel 2:31

the sun is turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה.

Joel 3:14

Crowds, crowds in the valley of decision! For the day of יהוה  is near in the valley of decision.

Amos 9:13

“Look, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed. And the mountains shall drip new wine, and all the hills melt.

Amos 9:5

And the Master יהוה  of hosts is He who touches the earth so that it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn, and all of it come up like the River, and subside like the River of Mitsrayim –

Micah 1:4

And the mountains shall melt under Him, and the valleys be cleft as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.

Nahum 1:5

Mountains have shaken before Him, and the hills have melted. And the earth is lifted up at His presence, and the world and all who dwell in it.

Malachi 4:5

“See, I am sending you Ě

Matthew 24:35

“The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.

Mark 13:31

“The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.

Luke 12:39

“And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility, not from choice, but because of Him who subjected it, in anticipation,

1 Corinthians 1:8

who shall also confirm you to the end, unreprovable in the day of our Master יהושע  Messiah.

1 Corinthians 5:5

deliver such a one to Satan for destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit be saved in the day of the Master יהושע.

2 Corinthians 1:14

as also you have understood us in part, that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Master יהושע.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know very well that the day of יהוה  comes as a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

2 Peter 3:11

Seeing all these are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in set-apart behaviour and reverence,

2 Peter 3:12

looking for and hastening the coming of the day of Elohim, through which the heavens shall be destroyed, being set on fire, and the elements melt with intense heat!

2 Peter 3:7

And the present heavens and the earth are treasured up by the same Word, being kept for fire, to a day of judgment and destruction of wicked men.

Jude 1:6

And the messengers who did not keep their own principality, but left their own dwelling, He has kept in everlasting shackles under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 16:15

“See, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who is staying awake and guarding his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

Revelation 20:11

And I saw a great white throne and Him who was sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

Revelation 21:1

And I saw a renewed heaven and a renewed earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more.

Revelation 3:3

“Remember, then, how you have received, and heard. And watch and repent. If, then, you do not wake up, I shall come upon you as a thief, and you shall not know at all what hour I come upon you.

Revelation 6:14

And heaven departed like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.