2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Cross-reference

Psalm 90:4 Allusion

Psalm 90:4 is the source of the 'day like a thousand years' analogy, providing the OT foundation for Peter's teaching on God's timelessness.

Hebrews 10:37 Related theme

In Hebrews 10:37, 'the coming one will not delay' directly addresses the apparent delay that 2 Peter 3:8 explains is not slackness.

In Revelation 20:3, a literal thousand-year period concretizes the symbolic 'thousand years as a day' in 2 Peter 3:8.

Genesis 15:16 shows God delaying judgment until sin's full measure — paralleling the patience explained in 2 Peter 3:8 regarding the Lord's seeming delay.

Job 10:5 Parallel

Job 10:5 questions if God's days are like mortals — 2 Peter 3:8 answers that God's perception of time is radically different, a day being like a thousand years.

Job 24:1 Parallel

Job 24:1 asks why God does not set times for judgment — 2 Peter 3:8 explains that God's different time scale and patience account for the apparent delay.

Psalm 39:5 Parallel

Psalm 39:5 contrasts human brevity with God's eternal perspective — 2 Peter 3:8 expands on that contrast by saying a day is like a thousand years to God.

Job 36:26 Parallel

Job 36:26 declares God's years beyond finding out — 2 Peter 3:8 illustrates this by equating a day with a thousand years, showing God's transcendence over time.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 affirms God's appointed time for judgment, reinforcing Peter's reminder that the Lord's timing is not bound by human clocks.

Isaiah 54:7 Parallel

Isaiah 54:7 depicts God's momentary abandonment contrasted with everlasting compassion, illustrating the divine perspective on time that Peter describes.