²⁰Which sometime were ^gdisobedient, ^hwhen once the ⁱlongsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, ^kwhile the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, ^leight ^msouls ^kwere saved by water.

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Footnotes

gSee ver. 1.
iSee Rom. 2:4.
mSee Acts 27:37.

Cross references

h Gen. 6:3, 5, 13, 14. Job 22:16. Matt. 24:37–39. Luke 17:26, 27.
k Heb. 11:7.
l Gen. 7:1, 7, 23. & 8:18. 2 Pet. 2:5.
k Heb. 11:7.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people—were saved through water.

NLTNew Living Translation

those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was being constructed, in which a few—that is, eight souls—were rescued through water.