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1 Peter 3:20

NETBible	after they were disobedient long ago¹ when God patiently waited² in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark³ a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.
NIV © biblegateway 1Pe 3:20	who disobeyed 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,
NASB © biblegateway 1Pe 3:20	who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
NLT © biblegateway 1Pe 3:20	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.
MSG © biblegateway 1Pe 3:20	because they wouldn't listen. You know, even though God waited patiently all the days that Noah built his ship, only a few were saved then, eight to be exact--saved [from] the water [by] the water.
BBE © SABDAweb 1Pe 3:20	Who, in the days of Noah, went against God’s orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Pe 3:20	who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
NKJV © biblegateway 1Pe 3:20	who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
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KJV	Which sometime <4218> were disobedient <544> (5660)_, when <3753> once <530> the longsuffering <3115> of God <2316> waited <1551> (5711) in <1722> the days <2250> of Noah <3575>_, while the ark <2787> was a preparing <2680> (5746)_, wherein <1519> <3739> few <3641>_, that is <5123> (5748)_, eight <3638> souls <5590> were saved <1295> (5681) by <1223> water <5204>_.
NASB © biblegateway 1Pe 3:20	who once <4218> were disobedient <544> , when <3753> the patience <3115> of God <2316> kept waiting <553> in the days <2250> of Noah <3575> , during the construction <2680> of the ark <2787> , in which <3739> a few <3641> , that is, eight <3638> persons <5590> , were brought <1295> safely <1295> through <1223> the water <5204> .
NET [draft] ITL	after <544> they were disobedient <544> long ago <4218> when <3753> God <2316> patiently <3115> waited <553> in <1722> the days <2250> of Noah <3575> as an ark <2787> was being constructed <2680> . In <1519> the ark <3739> a few <3641> , that <5124> is <1510> eight <3638> souls <5590> , were delivered <1295> through <1223> water <5204> .
GREEK	apeiyhsasin ote apexedeceto tou yeou makroyumia en hmeraiv nwe kataskeuazomenhv eiv hn oligoi tout estin qucai dieswyhsan udatov

NETBible

after they were disobedient long ago¹ when God patiently waited² in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark³ a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.

NET Notes

¹tn This reflects a Greek participle, literally “having been disobedient formerly,” that refers to the “spirits” in v. 19. Many translations take this as adjectival describing the spirits (“who had once been disobedient”; cf. NASB, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, TEV), but the grammatical construction strongly favors an adverbial interpretation describing the time of the preaching, as reflected above.

²tn Grk “the patience of God waited.”

³tn Grk “in which,” referring to the ark; the referent (the ark) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.