NET

12 while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!

Darby

12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [the] heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and [the] elements^D9339, burning with heat, shall melt?

Darby Bible Notes

[the] elements - The absence of the article is poetic here, 'because of which inflamed heavens shall be dissolved, and burning elements shall melt.'

KJV

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming^K7283of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

KJV Bible Notes

hasting unto the coming: Or, hasting the coming.