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 they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word ofGod,