"The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;" — Genesis 8:2

Genesis 8:2 · KJV

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

— Genesis 8:2

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;

Verse 3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. {continually: Heb. in going and returning}

Genesis 8 — Context

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;

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. {continually: Heb. in going and returning}

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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. {windows: or, floodgates}

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.

Proverbs 8:28

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

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}.

Job 37:11-13

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: {his...: Heb. the cloud of his light}

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, {stay: Heb. cause to lie down}

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. {midst: Heb. heart}