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

1Then God thought of Noah, and all the wild animals and the farm animals that were with him in the ship. He caused a wind to blow over the earth. As a result, the water began to go down. Streams of water stopped coming up from below the earth. Rain stopped coming down from the sky. 3The deep water continued to go down for 150 days. 4On the 17th day of the seventh month, the ship stopped on the ground. It was sitting on the top of Ararat mountains.

Genesis 8:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The fountainsמַעְיָןma‛yân ma‛yenô ma‛yânâh · springH4599
• also of the deepתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• and the windowsאֲרֻבָּה'ărubbâh · windowH699
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• were stoppedסָכַרsâkar · to stopH5534
• and the rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• was restrainedכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607

Cross-references for Genesis 8:2

• Genesis 7:11When Noah was 600 years old, on the 17th day of the second month, streams of water came up everywhere from below the earth. Also, the water in the heavens poured down on the earth.
• Proverbs 8:28I was there when he put the clouds in the sky. I was there when he made streams of water fill the seas.
• Jonah 2:3You threw me into the deep water, and I fell into the middle of the sea. The deep water covered me. You sent big waves to roll over me.
• Job 37:11He fills the clouds with lots of water. He sends the lightning through the clouds.
• Job 38:37Is anyone wise enough to count the clouds? Can anyone cause the clouds to pour down rain from above?
• Matthew 8:9In my work, someone has authority over me. I also have authority over other soldiers. I say to one soldier, “Go!” and he goes. I say to another one, “Come!” and he comes. I say to my servant, “Do this!” 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