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2 Peter 3:6
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KJ21
whereby the world as it then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
ASV
by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
AMP
through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
AMPC
Through which the world that then [existed] was deluged with water and perished.
BRG
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
CSB
Through these the world of that time perished when it was flooded.
CSBA
Through these the world of that time perished when it was flooded.
CEB
And it was through these that the world of that time was flooded and destroyed.
CJB
and that by means of these things the world of that time was flooded with water and destroyed.
CEV
Later it was destroyed by the waters of a mighty flood.
DARBY
through which [waters] the then world, deluged with water, perished.
DLNT
through which the world at that time was destroyed, having been flooded with water.
DRA
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
ERV
Then the world was flooded and destroyed with water.
EASY
Also, God used water to destroy that same world long ago. He spoke his word and he covered the land with water.
EHV
Through these waters the former world perished, when it was flooded with water.
ESV
and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
ESVUK
and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
EXB
·Then [L Through these; C either the water and the word of God, or the heavens and earth which poured forth their water; Gen. 7:11] the world was flooded and destroyed ·with water [L being deluged with water; Gen. 6—9].
GNV
Wherefore the world that then was, perished, overflowed with the water.
GW
Water also flooded and destroyed that world.
GNT
and it was also by water, the water of the flood, that the old world was destroyed.
HCSB
Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.
ICB
Then the world was flooded and destroyed with water.
ISV
by which the world at that time was deluged with water and destroyed.
PHILLIPS
They are deliberately shutting their eyes to a fact that they know very well, that there were, by God’s command, heavens in the old days and an earth formed out of the water and surrounded by water. It was by water that the world of those days was deluged and destroyed, but the present heavens and earth are, also by God’s command, being kept and maintained for the fire of the day of judgment and the destruction of wicked men.
JUB
by which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished;
KJV
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
AKJV
whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
LSB
through which the world at that time was destroyed, being deluged with water.
LEB
by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed by being inundated with water.
TLB
They deliberately forget this fact: that God did destroy the world with a mighty flood long after he had made the heavens by the word of his command and had used the waters to form the earth and surround it.
MSG
They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this very planet were brought into existence out of watery chaos by God’s word. Then God’s word brought the chaos back in a flood that destroyed the world. The current galaxies and earth are fuel for the final fire. God is poised, ready to speak his word again, ready to give the signal for the judgment and destruction of the desecrating skeptics.
MEV
by which the world that then existed was flooded with water and perished.
MOUNCE
By these the world of that time was destroyed, being deluged with water.
NOG
Water also flooded and destroyed that world.
NABRE
through these the world that then existed was destroyed, deluged with water.
NASB
through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
NASB1995
through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
NCB
Furthermore, by these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
NCV
Then the world was flooded and destroyed with water.
NET
Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.
NIRV
The waters also flooded the world of that time. And so they destroyed the world.
NIV
By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
NIVUK
By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
NKJV
by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
NLV
Long ago the earth was covered with water and it was destroyed.
NLT
Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.
NMB
by which things the world that then was perished, overflowing with water.
NRSVA
through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.
NRSVACE
through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.
NRSVCE
through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.
NRSVUE
through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.
NTFE
and it was destroyed by flooding the world of that time with water.
OJB
Through this very mayim, the tevel (world) of that time perished in the mabbul (flood).
RGT
through which water the world that then existed perished, being flooded.
RSV
through which the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
RSVCE
through which the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
TLV
Through these, the world of that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
VOICE
The waters later flooded and destroyed that world.
WEB
by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.
WE
But later on these same waters covered the world in a flood and the people died.
WYC
by which [things] that same world cleansed, then by water perished.
YLT
through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;
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