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Genesis 8:2

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

KJV

Et clausi sunt fontes abyssi, et cataractæ cæli : et prohibitæ sunt pluviæ de cælo.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῆς ἀβύσσου καὶ οἱ καταράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ συνεσχέθη ὁ ὑετὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ מַעְיְנֹ֣ת תְּה֔וֹם וַֽ/אֲרֻבֹּ֖ת הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וַ/יִּכָּלֵ֥א הַ/גֶּ֖שֶׁם מִן הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרֻבּוֹת֙
'rbvt
noun · 9×
גָּֽשֶׁם
gshm
noun · 35×
יִּכָּלֵ֥א
ykl'
verb · 18×
יִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙
yskrv
verb · 2×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַעְיָ֣ן
m'yn
noun · 22×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Gen 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Job 37:11 — Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
  • Job 38:37 — Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
  • Jonah 2:3 — For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
  • Matt 8:9 — For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
  • Matt 8:26 — And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
  • Prov 8:28 — When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: