Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence:\par\tab A fire devoureth before him,\par\tab And it is very tempestuous round about him.
2 Peter 3:12 - American Standard Version 2015 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition While you wait and earnestly long for (expect and hasten) the coming of the day of God by reason of which the flaming heavens will be dissolved, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will flare and melt with fire? [Isa. 34:4.] American Standard Version (1901) looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Common English Bible waiting for and hastening the coming day of God. Because of that day, the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt away in the flames. Catholic Public Domain Version waiting for, and hurrying toward, the advent of the day of the Lord, by which the burning heavens shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt from the heat of the fire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat? |
Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence:\par\tab A fire devoureth before him,\par\tab And it is very tempestuous round about him.
The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading {\i leaf} from the fig-tree.
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and {\b then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.}
Verily I say unto you, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.}\par
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
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 not be found.
Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in {\i all} holy living and godliness,
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.\par
keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.