by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Parallel translations
- KJV Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- BSB through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
- NKJV by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
- NASB through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.
- NLT Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.
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- Matt 24:38–39For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
- 2 Pet 2:5and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
- Gen 7:10–23After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
- Luke 17:27They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Gen 9:15and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Job 12:15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
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