King James Version:
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Looking 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?
Complete Jewish Bible:
as you wait for the Day of God and work to hasten its coming. That Day will bring on the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt from the heat;
Berean Standard Bible:
as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
American Standard Version:
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Looking for{G4328} and{G2532} hasting{G4692} unto the coming{G3952} of the day{G2250} of God{G2316}, wherein{G1223}{G3739} the heavens{G3772} being on fire{G4448} shall be dissolved{G3089}, and{G2532} the elements{G4747} shall melt{G5080} with fervent heat{G2741}?
Cross-References (KJV):
2 Peter 3:10
- 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.
Isaiah 34:4
- And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.
Micah 1:4
- And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place.
Psalms 50:3
- Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Titus 2:13
- Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
2 Peter 3:7
- But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
1 Corinthians 1:7
- So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Commentary for 2 Peter 3:12
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G4328
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: προσδοκάω
Transliteration: prosdokáō
Pronunciation: pros-dok-ah'-o
Description: from πρός and dokeuo (to watch); to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by implication, to await:--(be in) expect(-ation), look (for), when looked, tarry, wait for. - Strong's Number: G2532
There are 5212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: καί
Transliteration: kaí
Pronunciation: kahee
Description: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet. - Strong's Number: G4692
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: σπεύδω
Transliteration: speúdō
Pronunciation: spyoo'-do
Description: probably strengthened from πούς; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge on (diligently or earnestly); by implication, to await eagerly:--(make, with) haste unto. - Strong's Number: G3952
There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: παρουσία
Transliteration: parousía
Pronunciation: par-oo-see'-ah
Description: from the present participle of πάρειμι; a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect:--coming, presence. - Strong's Number: G2250
There are 366 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ἡμέρα
Transliteration: hēméra
Pronunciation: hay-mer'-ah
Description: feminine (with ὥρα implied) of a derivative of (to sit; akin to the base of ἑδραῖος) meaning tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context):--age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years. - Strong's Number: G2316
There are 1172 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: θεός
Transliteration: theós
Pronunciation: theh'-os
Description: of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ὁ) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward). - Strong's Number: G1223
There are 580 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: διά
Transliteration: diá
Pronunciation: dee-ah'
Description: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance. - Strong's Number: G3739
There are 1215 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὅς
Transliteration: hós
Pronunciation: ho
Description: probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article ὁ); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also οὗ. - Strong's Number: G3772
There are 264 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: οὐρανός
Transliteration: ouranós
Pronunciation: oo-ran-os'
Description: perhaps from the same as ὄρος (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity):--air, heaven(-ly), sky. - Strong's Number: G4448
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: πυρόω
Transliteration: pyróō
Pronunciation: poo-ro'-o
Description: from πῦρ; to kindle, i.e. (passively) to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication), or (figuratively) to be inflamed (with anger, grief, lust):--burn, fiery, be on fire, try. - Strong's Number: G3089
There are 40 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: λύω
Transliteration: lýō
Pronunciation: loo'-o
Description: a primary verb; to "loosen" (literally or figuratively):--break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off. Compare ῥήγνυμι. - Strong's Number: G4747
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: στοιχεῖον
Transliteration: stoicheîon
Pronunciation: stoy-khi'-on
Description: neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of στοιχέω; something orderly in arrangement, i.e. (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively):--element, principle, rudiment. - Strong's Number: G5080
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: τήκω
Transliteration: tḗkō
Pronunciation: tay'-ko
Description: apparently a primary verb; to liquefy:--melt. - Strong's Number: G2741
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: καυσόω
Transliteration: kausóō
Pronunciation: kow-so'-o
Description: from καῦσις; to set on fire:--fervent heat.