2 Peter 3:4

And saying, “Where is the havtachah (promise) of the Bias HaMoshiach? From the time Avoteinu fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of HaBri'ah (Creation).”

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

In Context

3Knowing this first, that during the acharit hayamim there will come leitzim (mockers, scorners) mocking, going after their own ta'avot (lusts),

5For this is hidden from them (but they want it that way): that the Shomayim existed from long ago and ha'Aretz out of mayim and through mayim BIDVAR Hashem NA'ASU + 3:5 Ps 33:6 (By the word of the L-rd were made).

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Cross References

Genesis 19:14And Lot went out, and spoke unto his chosonim, which were pledged to marry his banot, and said, Up, get you out of makom hazeh; for Hashem is mashchit (destroying) the Ir (City). But he seemed as one that metzachek (joked) unto his chosonim.

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because pitgam (sentence) against a ma'aseh hara'ah (an evil work) is not executed speedily, therefore the lev of the bnei haAdam is fully set in them to do rah.

Jeremiah 5:12They have spoken lies about Hashem, 1 and said: Lo hu (not He); 1 neither shall ra'ah come upon us; 1 neither shall we see cherev nor ra'av (famine); 1

Ezekiel 11:3Which say, The end is not near; let us build batim (houses): this ir is the caldron, and we are the basar.

Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied Hashem with your devarim. 1 Yet ye say: Wherein have we wearied Him? 1 When ye say: Everyone that doeth rah 1 is tov in the sight of Hashem, 1 and in them Hashem finds chafetz; 1 or: Where is Elohei HaMishpat?

Matthew 24:48But if that wicked slave says in his heart, Adoni (My Master) is dragging his feet,

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:4-8

The Cavils of Infidels; Destruction of the World. ( a. d. 67.) 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being… Read the whole commentary →

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