Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And the fountains of the deep, and the sluices of the heavens shall be shut up, and the rains from the heavens shall be withheld.
New American Standard Bible
Also
King James Version
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Holman Bible
The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.
International Standard Version
The water sources from the ocean depths were blocked and the floodgates of the heavens were closed.
A Conservative Version
Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
American Standard Version
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Amplified
Also the fountains of the deep [subterranean waters] and the windows of the heavens were closed, the [pouring] rain from the sky was restrained,
Bible in Basic English
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
Darby Translation
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.
King James 2000
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
Modern King James verseion
Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and rain from heaven was restrained.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain of heaven was forbidden,
NET Bible
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.
New Heart English Bible
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
The Emphasized Bible
and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens, - and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;
Webster
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
World English Bible
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Youngs Literal Translation
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Flood Subsides
1 AND God will remember Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that with him in the ark: and God will make a wind to pass over the earth and the waters will settle down. 2 And the fountains of the deep, and the sluices of the heavens shall be shut up, and the rains from the heavens shall be withheld. 3 And the waters shall turn back from over the earth, going and turning back, and the waters shall fail from the end of fifty and one hundred days.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 7:11
In the year of six hundred years of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in the same day all the fountains of the great deep were divided and the sluices of the heavens were opened.
Job 37:11-13
Also by watering he will cast down the cloud: he will scatter the cloud of his light:
Job 38:37
Who shall number the clouds in wisdom? and who shall cause the bottles of heaven to lie down?
Proverbs 8:28
In his making firm the clouds from above: in his strengthening the fountains of the deep:
Jonah 2:3
And thou wilt cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas; and the river will surround me: all thy breakers and thy waves passed over me.
Matthew 8:9
For I also am a man under power, having soldiers under me: and I say to this, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does.
Matthew 8:26-27
And he says to them, Why are ye timorous, ye of little faith? Then having risen, he censured the winds and sea; and there was a great calm.