Genesis 8:2

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

Latin

Et clausi sunt fontes abyssi, et cataractæ cæli: et prohibitæ sunt pluviæ de cælo.

Hebrew

English

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

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens: See study note on 7:11–12.

Theme notes and profiles

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.
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.
Proverbs 8:28
…when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
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.
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.”
Job 38:37
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Job 37:11–13
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.