Genesis 8:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;”
Genesis 8:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 8:2 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 8:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.”
Genesis 8:2 — World English Bible
Genesis 8:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; ”
Genesis 8:2 — American Standard Version
Genesis 8:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.”
Genesis 8:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 8:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped. ”
Genesis 8:2 — Darby Translation
Genesis 8:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,”
Genesis 8:2 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 8:2 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were stopped, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.”
Genesis 8:2 — The Living Sword
Genesis 8:2 in Context — Genesis 8
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 asswaged;
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.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
What Does Genesis 8:2 Mean?
Genesis 8:2 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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