Genesis 8:2
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
KJV1611 – Modern English
The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
the fountains{H4599} also of the deep{H8415} and the windows{H699} of heaven{H8064} were stopped,{H5534} and the rain{H1653} from heaven{H8064} was restrained;{H3607}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The fountains{H4599} also of the deep{H8415} and the windows{H699} of heaven{H8064} were stopped{H5534}{(H8735)}, and the rain{H1653} from heaven{H8064} was restrained{H3607}{(H8735)};
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
ad ye fountaynes of the depe ad the wyndowes of heave were stopte and the rayne of heaven was forbidd
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte, and the rayne of heaue was forbydden,
Geneva Bible (1560)
The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The fountaynes also of the deepe, and the windowes of heauen were stopped, and the rayne from heauen was restrayned.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Webster's Bible (1833)
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
American Standard Version (1901)
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
American Standard Version (1901)
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
World English Bible (2000)
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
- Job 37:11-13 : 11 Even with moisture, He loads the thick clouds and scatters His lightning from them. 12 They turn and shift by His guidance, to carry out all that He commands across the surface of the earth. 13 Whether for correction, or for His land, or for His mercy, He causes it to happen.
- Job 38:37 : 37 Who can count the clouds with wisdom or tilt the water jars of the heavens,
- Prov 8:28 : 28 When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.
- Jonah 2:3 : 3 He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.'
- Matt 8:9 : 9 'For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and I tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.'
- Matt 8:26-27 : 26 He replied, 'Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?' Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. 27 The men were amazed and asked, 'What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!'
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10 And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
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28 When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.
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8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.