2The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.


In Context

1 And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated.

2 The fountains also of the deep, and the flood gates of heaven were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

3 And the waters returned from off the earth going and coming: and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days.

4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.

Genesis 8:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:2the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;