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;

But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

Διοτι εκουσιως αγνοουσι τουτο, οτι με τον λογον του Θεου οι ουρανοι εγειναν εκπαλαι και η γη συνεστωσα εξ υδατος και δι' υδατος,

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: