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Genesis 8:2

God's power and sovereignty

1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

3 The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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BSB
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
KJV
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
WEB
The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
ASV
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
DARBY
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.
BLB
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
ÅB
Og det store dyps kilder og himmelens sluser lukkedes, og regnet fra himmelen stanset.
OTB
Kildene i dypet og himmelens sluser ble lukket, og regnet fra himmelen ble holdt tilbake.
B1930
Og det store dyps kilder og himmelens sluser lukkedes, og regnet fra himmelen stanset.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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  • Matthew 8:26–27

    “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

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  • Proverbs 8:28

    when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,

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  • Job 37:11–13

    He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

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  • Matthew 8:9

    For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

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  • Jonah 2:3

    For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

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  • Job 38:37

    Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens

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