Parallel Verses
King James Version
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
New American Standard Bible
Also
Holman Bible
The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.
International Standard Version
The water sources from the ocean depths were blocked and the floodgates of the heavens were closed.
A Conservative Version
Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
American Standard Version
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Amplified
Also the fountains of the deep [subterranean waters] and the windows of the heavens were closed, the [pouring] rain from the sky was restrained,
Bible in Basic English
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
Darby Translation
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.
Julia Smith Translation
And the fountains of the deep, and the sluices of the heavens shall be shut up, and the rains from the heavens shall be withheld.
King James 2000
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
Modern King James verseion
Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and rain from heaven was restrained.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain of heaven was forbidden,
NET Bible
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.
New Heart English Bible
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
The Emphasized Bible
and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens, - and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens;
Webster
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
World English Bible
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Youngs Literal Translation
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Flood Subsides
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.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 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 37:11-13
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,
Proverbs 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
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.
Matthew 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.
Matthew 8:26-27
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.