Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

New American Standard Bible

Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;

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.

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.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The fountains
מעינה מעינו מעין 
Ma`yan 
Usage: 23

also of the deep
תּהם תּהום 
T@howm 
Usage: 36

and the windows
ארבּה 
'arubbah 
Usage: 9

of heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

סכר 
Caker 
Usage: 3

and the rain
גּשׁם 
Geshem 
Usage: 35

שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

References

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

The Flood Subsides

1 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually. And after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.


Cross References

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Job 37:11-13

Yea, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning,

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven

Proverbs 8:28

when he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,

Jonah 2:3

For thou cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me. All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

Matthew 8:9

For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

Matthew 8:26-27

And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.

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