Genesis 8:2

and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens,—and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And God remembered Noah, and all the wild—beasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark,—and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;

3and the waters returned from off the earth they went on returning,—and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

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Cross References

Job 37:11Also, with moisture, burdeneth he the thick cloud, He disperseth his lightning-cloud;

Proverbs 8:28When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the resounding deep, waxed strong;

Matthew 8:9For, I also, am a man [set] under authority, having under myself, soldiers,—and I say to this one, Go! and he goeth, and to another, Come! and he cometh, and, to my servant, Do this! and he doeth it.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:2-4

The Earth Becomes Dry. ( b. c. 2349.) 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 2 The fountains also 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 the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Here is, I. An act of God's grace: God remembered Noah and every… Read the whole commentary →

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