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1 Peter 3:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 20 who had formerly been disobedient when God was patiently waiting* in Noah’s day,+ while the ark was being constructed,+ in which a few people, that is, eight souls,* were carried safely through the water.+

1 Peter 3:20

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 20 ἀπειθήσασίν to (ones) having disobeyed ποτε sometime ὅτε when ἀπεξεδέχετο was receiving out from ἡ the τοῦ of the θεοῦ God μακροθυμία longness of spirit ἐν in ἡμέραις days Νῶε of Noah κατασκευαζομένης of (one) being constructed κιβωτοῦ of ark εἰς in ἣν which ὀλίγοι, few, τοῦτ’ this ἔστιν is ὀκτὼ eight ψυχαί, souls, διεσώθησαν were saved through δι’ through ὕδατος. water.

1 Peter 3:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 20 who had once been disobedient+ when the patience of God+ was waiting in Noah’s days, while the ark was being constructed,+ in which a few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water.+

1 Peter 3:20

The Bible in Living English
- 20 that had once disobeyed when in Noah’s days God’s patience was waiting while an ark was being constructed, into which a few, that is eight souls, came safe through water—

1 Peter 3:20

American Standard Version
- 20 that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

1 Peter 3:20

The Emphasized Bible
- 20 [Spirits] unyielding at one time, When the longsuffering of God was holding forth a welcome in the days of Noah, There being in preparation an ark—[Going] into which a few that is eight souls were brought safely through by means of water,—

1 Peter 3:20

King James Version
- 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.