Genesis 8:2

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

Revised Version 1895

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 every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

3and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of an hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

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Cross References

Job 37:11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; he spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

Proverbs 8:28When he made firm the sides above: when the fountains of the deep became strong:

Matthew 8:9For I also am a man 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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