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Where is “With the Lord one day is like a thousand years” in the Bible?
“With the Lord one day is like a thousand years” is 2 Peter 3:8. Peter writes it in his second letter, echoing a psalm of Moses.
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In the Bible
It is 2 Peter 3:8.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
Peter writes it in his second letter, echoing a psalm of Moses.
The verse
But do not overlook this one thing, dear friends: with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.
2 Peter 3:8 · open the chapter →
What it means there
People were mocking the promise that Christ would return, because so much time had passed. Peter says God is not slow. He is patient, giving people time to turn back (2 Peter 3:9).
Also in the Bible
For in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday once it has gone by, like one watch of the night.
Psalm 90:4 · open the chapter →
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Where is “With the Lord one day is like a thousand years” in the Bible?
“With the Lord one day is like a thousand years” is 2 Peter 3:8. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. Peter writes it in his second letter, echoing a psalm of Moses.
Is “With the Lord one day is like a thousand years” in the Bible?
Yes. It is 2 Peter 3:8, and also Psalm 90:4. In the Lumin Translation, 2 Peter 3:8 reads: “But do not overlook this one thing, dear friends: with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.”
Who said “With the Lord one day is like a thousand years”?
Peter writes it in his second letter, echoing a psalm of Moses.
What does “With the Lord one day is like a thousand years” mean in the Bible?
People were mocking the promise that Christ would return, because so much time had passed. Peter says God is not slow. He is patient, giving people time to turn back (2 Peter 3:9).
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