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One day is as a thousand years
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I've Heard That All My Life!
Familiar Expressions from the Bible
Expression: One day is as a thousand years
Location: 2 Peter 3:8
Verse: ... One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
In the writing of this scripture, Peter is not literally equating one day and 1,000 years. This text is a figure of speech -- a simile.
A similar text is from Psalm 90 which states: "For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night" (Psalm 90:4).
Location: 2 Peter 3:8
Verse: ... One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
In the writing of this scripture, Peter is not literally equating one day and 1,000 years. This text is a figure of speech -- a simile.
A similar text is from Psalm 90 which states: "For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night" (Psalm 90:4).