Genesis 8:2

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

1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained. 3The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down. 4On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:2 word by word

וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ מַעְיְנֹ֣ת תְּה֔וֹם וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• The springsמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• of the deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• and the floodgatesאֲרֻבָּה'ărubbâh · windowH699
• of the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• were closedסָכַרsâkar · to stopH5534
• and the rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• was restrainedכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607

Cross-references for Genesis 8:2

• Genesis 7:11In 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.
• Proverbs 8:28when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
• Jonah 2:3For 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.
• Job 37:11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
• Job 38:37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
• Matthew 8:9For 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.”

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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In the dictionaries

• Windows of Heaven
• Clean
• Covering
• Deluge
• Earth
• Flood
• Noah
• Pull
• Remember
• Sake

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