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2 Peter 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the…
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
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The verses around 2 Peter 3:10.
8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12Looking 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?
Verse explanation
Comparing the coming of “the day of the Lord” to “a thief in the night,” an image that also appears in the Gospels and in Paul, describes a sudden, unexpected arrival, not a predictable calculation of dates.
From the 2 Peter 3 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Peter 3:10 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Mas o dia do Senhor virá como o ladrão de noite; no qual os céus passarão com grande estrondo, e os elementos, ardendo, se desfarão, e a terra, e as obras que n'ella ha, se queimarão.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Mas o dia do Senhor virá como um ladrão durante a noite, no qual os céus se desfarão com grande estrondo, e os elementos queimando se dissolverão, e a terra e as obras que nela [há] serão queimadas.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Sin embargo, el día del Señor vendrá, y será inesperadamente, como la venida de un ladrón. Los cielos explotarán con un rugido atronador, y los elementos se destruirán al ser consumidos. La tierra y todo lo que hay en ella se desvanecerá.
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