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Genesis 8:2

God's power and sovereignty

1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon 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, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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  • Matthew 8:26–27

    And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

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  • Proverbs 8:28

    When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

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  • Job 37:11–13

    Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

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  • Matthew 8:9

    For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

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  • Jonah 2:3

    For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

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  • Job 38:37

    Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

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