Literal Standard Version
for this they willingly conceal, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth having been established by the word of God out of water and through water,

Berean Literal Bible
For this is concealed from them willingly, that heavens existed long ago and the earth, having been composed out of water and through water, by the word of God,

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Smith's Literal Translation
For being willing this is unknown to them, that the heavens were a long while ago, and the earth having stood out of water and by water, by the word of God:

Literal Emphasis Translation
For this is concealed from them, they wanting it so, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth having been composed from out of the water and through water by the word of God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established by the Word of God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For they disregard this when they please: That the Heavens which were from the first, and The Earth, from the water and by the water, arose by the word of God,

Lamsa Bible
Of this they are willingly ignorant: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water, and in the water;

Anderson New Testament
For they are willingly ignorant of this, that by the word of God, the heavens of old had their being as also the earth consisting of water and subsisting by water,

Godbey New Testament
For they willingly forget this, that the heavens were in the olden time, and the earth standing out of the water and through the water, by the word of God;

Haweis New Testament
For this they chuse to keep out of sight, that by the word of God the heavens were created of old, and the earth rising out of the water and subsisting amidst the water;

Mace New Testament
but they are wilfully ignorant, that the heavens were originally form'd by the divine Logos, and likewise the earth, which was separated from the water, and still subsists upon it.

Weymouth New Testament
For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God;

Worrell New Testament
For this escapes them willingly, that there were heavens of old, and an earth set together out of water, and through water, by the word of God:

Worsley New Testament
For they are willingly ignorant of this, that by the Word of God the heavens were made of old, and the earth too from the water, and subsisting on the water.