NLT
KJV
5. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
ASV
5. For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
ESV
5. For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,
ERVEN
5. But these people don't want to remember what happened long ago. The skies were there, and God made the earth from water and with water. All this happened by God's word.
WEB
5. For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
NET
5. For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.
NLV
5. But they want to forget that God spoke and the heavens were made long ago. The earth was made out of water and water was all around it.
HCSB
5. They willfully ignore this: long ago the heavens and the earth existed out of water and through water by the word of God.
YLT
5. for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,
LITV
5. For this is hidden from them by their willing it so, that heavens were of old, and earth by water, and through water, having subsisted by the Word of God,
RV
5. For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
NCV
5. But they do not want to remember what happened long ago. By the word of God heaven was made, and the earth was made from water and with water.
MKJV
5. For this is hidden from them by their willing it, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of the water, and through water, being held together by the Word of God,
AKJV
5. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
LXXEN
KJV
5. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
AMP
5. For they willfully overlook and forget this [fact], that the heavens [came into] existence long ago by the word of God, and the earth also which was formed out of water and by means of water,
KJVP
5. For G1063 CONJ this G5124 D-NSN they G846 P-APM willingly G2309 V-PAP-APM are ignorant of G2990 V-PAI-3S , that G3754 CONJ by the G3588 T-DSM word G3056 N-DSM of God G2316 N-GSM the heavens G3772 N-NPM were G2258 V-IXI-3P of old G1597 ADV , and G2532 CONJ the earth G1093 N-NSF standing G4921 V-RAP-NSF out of G1537 PREP the water G5204 N-GSN and G2532 CONJ in G1223 PREP the water G5204 N-GSN :
YLT
5. for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,
ASV
5. For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
WEB
5. For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
NASB
5. They deliberately ignore the fact that the heavens existed of old and earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God;
ESV
5. For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,
RV
5. For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
RSV
5. They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water,
NKJV
5. For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
MKJV
5. For this is hidden from them by their willing it, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of the water, and through water, being held together by the Word of God,
AKJV
5. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
NRSV
5. They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,
NIV
5. But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
NIRV
5. Long ago, God's word brought the heavens into being. His word separated the earth from the waters. And the waters surrounded it. But those people forget things like that on purpose.
NLT
5. They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.
MSG
5. 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.
GNB
5. They purposely ignore the fact that long ago God gave a command, and the heavens and earth were created. The earth was formed out of water and by water,
NET
5. For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.
ERVEN
5. But these people don't want to remember what happened long ago. The skies were there, and God made the earth from water and with water. All this happened by God's word.