Genesis 8:2

Genesis chapter 8 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

v.2This passage

v.3and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 8:9

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

  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

  • Proverbs 8:28

    When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

  • Job 37:11

    Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

  • Job 38:37

    Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

  • Jonah 2:3

    For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.