1 Peter 3:20 તે એ આત્માઓ હતા કે જેમણે ઘણો વખત પહેલા એટલે કે નૂહના સમયમાં દેવની અવજ્ઞા કરનારા હતા. જ્યારે નૂહ વહાણ બાંધી રહ્યો હતો ત્યારે દેવ ધીરજપૂર્વક રાહ જોઈ રહ્યો હતો. તે વહાણમાં માત્ર થોડાક જ લોકોને બચાવવામાં આવ્યા હતા. તેઓ આઠ જણ હતા. તે લોકો પાણીથી બચાવી લેવાયા.
King James Version (KJV) Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
American Standard Version (ASV) that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
Bible in Basic English (BBE) 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:
Darby English Bible (DBY) heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in [the] days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
World English Bible (WEB) who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT) who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;