American Standard Version
Genesis 8:2
2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
- New International Version (NIV)Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
- New King James Version (NKJV)The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
Context of Genesis 8:2
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; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Read all of Genesis 8Genesis 8:2 word by word
וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ מַעְיְנֹ֣ת תְּה֔וֹם וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 8:2
- Genesis 7:11In 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 8:28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
- Jonah 2:3For 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.
- Job 37:11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
- Job 38:37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
- Matthew 8:9For 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.
Commentaries on Genesis 8:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 - The Land Was Dried 1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.” 3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.” 4. אררט 'ărārāṭ “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom. 8. קלל qālal “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.” 10. חוּל chûl “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens: See study note on 7:11–12.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141. And God remembered Noah--The divine purpose in this awful dispensation had been accomplished, and the world had undergone those changes necessary to fit it for becoming the residence of man under a new economy of Providence. and every living thing ... in the ark--a beautiful illustration of Mt 10:29. and God made a wind to pass over the earth--Though the divine will could have dried up the liquid mass in an instant, the agency of a wind was employed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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