Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Fountains
The rain
Bible References
Fountains
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Proverbs 8:28
When He made firm the skies above,
When the fountains and springs of the deep became fixed and strong,
When He made firm the skies above,
When the fountains and springs of the deep became fixed and strong,
Jonah 2:3
“For You cast me into the deep,
Into the [deep] heart of the seas,
And the currents surrounded and engulfed me;
All Your breakers and billowing waves passed over me.
“For You cast me into the deep,
Into the [deep] heart of the seas,
And the currents surrounded and engulfed me;
All Your breakers and billowing waves passed over me.
The rain
Job 37:11
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
Job 38:37
“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,
“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,
Matthew 8:9
For I also am a man subject to authority [of a higher rank], with soldiers subject to me; and I say to one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”