2 Peter 3:6

those (waters) by which the world that then was, again (was covered) with waters, and perished.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

In Context

5Unknown to them is this while they are willing, that the heaven was from of old, and the earth from the waters and through the waters subsisted, by the word of Aloha:

7But the heaven which is now, and the earth, by his own word are set, being reserved unto fire, unto the day of judgment and the perdition of wicked men.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:38For as before the deluge they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, until the day that Nûch went into the ark;

2 Peter 2:5and on the former world was not lenient, but Nuch, who was the eighth preacher of righteousness, he preserved, when the deluge came upon the world of the wicked;

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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