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 remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. So God caused a wind to pass over the land and the water subsided. Also the sources of the deep and the windows of the skies were closed up, and the rain from the sky was held back. 3The waters kept receding gradually from upon the land and the waters decreased by the end of 150 days. 4The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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 7:11In the six-hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day, all the water sources of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the sky were opened.
• Proverbs 8:28when He established the skies above, when He securely fixed the fountains of the deep,
• Jonah 2:3saying: “From my distress I cried to Adonai and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I cried for help and you heard my voice.
• Job 37:11He loads the cloud with moisture; He scatters His cloud of lightning.
• Job 38:37Who can count the clouds by wisdom, or tip over the water jars of heaven,
• Matthew 8:9For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and 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