2 Peter 3:5

The Scriptures 1998

For they choose to have this hidden from them: that the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by the Word of Elohim,

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

And Elohim said, “Let an expanse come to be in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:9

And Elohim said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it came to be so.

Psalm 136:6

To Him who spread the earth on the waters, For His kindness is everlasting;

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas, And upon the waters He does establish it.

Psalm 33:6

By the Word of יהוה  the heavens were made, And all their host by the Spirit of His mouth,

Proverbs 17:16

Why is this – a price in the hand Of a fool to buy wisdom, When there is no heart?

Romans 1:28

And even as they did not think it worth- while to possess the knowledge of Elohim, Elohim gave them over to a worthless mind, to do what is improper,

Colossians 1:17

And He is before all, and in Him all hold together.

Hebrews 11:3

By belief, we understand that the ages were prepared by the word of Elohim, so that what is seen was not made of what is visible.