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.

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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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