New American Standard Bible 2020
Genesis 8:2
2Also 1the fountains of the deep and the 2floodgates of the sky were closed, and 3the rain from the sky 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
1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained; 3and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of 150 days the water decreased. 4Then in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
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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 that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
- Proverbs 8:28When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,
- Jonah 2:3For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
- Job 37:11He also loads the clouds with moisture; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
- Job 38:37Who can count the clouds by wisdom, And pour out the water jars of the heavens,
- Matthew 8:9For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘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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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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