KJV King James Version
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
WEB World English Bible
and 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;
ASV American Standard Version
and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,
Surrounding context — 2 Peter 2
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;)
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἀρχαίουG744 · archaiosancientκόσμουG2889 · kosmosworldοὐκG3756 · ounoἐφείσατο,G5339 · pheidomaito spareἀλλ᾽G235 · allabutὄγδοονG3590 · ogdooseighthΝῶεG3575 · NōeNoahδικαιοσύνηςG1343 · dikaiosunērighteousnessκήρυκαG2783 · kēruxpreacherἐφύλαξενG5442 · phulassōto keep/guard: observeκατακλυσμὸνG2627 · kataklusmosfloodκόσμῳG2889 · kosmosworldἀσεβῶνG765 · asebēsungodlyἐπάξας,G1863 · epagōto bring upon
Cross-references
Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.2 Peter 3:6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:Jude 1:14-15And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,Luke 17:26-27And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.Matthew 24:37-39But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Genesis 7:1-24And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.1 Peter 3:19-20By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;Job 22:15-16Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?Genesis 6:1-8And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
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