complete verse (2 Peter 3:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Peter 3:8:

  • Uma: “But you, my relatives whom I love, don’t forget this one thing. There are some people who say it has been so long, the Lord still hasn’t arrived. But in God’s sight a thousand years are the same as just a day, and one day is the same as a thousand years. The Lord is not slow/sluggish about fulfilling his promise. He has not yet come because he is patient towards you, he does not want even one person to be punished. His desire is that all people have opportunity to repent of their sins.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “But, my friends, don’t really forget this one thing that for God one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like one day. To him one day and a thousand years are all the same.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My dear brothers, remember that with God a single day is just the same as a thousand years. For with Him those two are very short.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But don’t forget this my friends. In God’s viewpoint, the length of just-one day, it is like one thousand years, and the length of one thousand years, it is also like just-one day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “But well, my dear ones, don’t forget this, that God’s opinion/treatment of time is different from ours. For in the opinion of God, whether it’s only one day or a thousand years already, it’s like it’s the same being just a short time. It will quickly pass.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
  • Tenango Otomi: “There is just one word, my dear brothers. Do not forget it. In our Lord Jesus Christ’s estimation, one day is just like it were a thousand years. And a thousand years are just like they were one day in his estimation.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
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