Genesis 8:2 - Plain English Version

² And God stopped the water from coming up from under the ground, and he stopped the rain falling from the sky.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the gushing rain from the sky was checked,

American Standard Version (1901)

² the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Common English Bible

² The springs of the deep sea and the skies closed up. The skies held back the rain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And the fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of heaven were closed. And the rain from heaven was restrained.

Genesis 8:2 Cross References

Genesis 7:11

Noah was 600 years old at the time that the flood water came. It came on the 17th day of the 2nd month of that year. Noah, and his wife, and his sons, and their wives too, they all went into the big boat. The names of Noah’s sons were Shem, and Ham, and Jafeth, and they each had a wife. They all went into the boat with all the animals. There were wild animals, and animals that are not wild, and animals that crawl around on the ground. And all the birds were there too. There were males and females of every bird and animal on that big boat. All of the different sorts of animals went into that big boat with Noah. They went in 2 at a time, just like God told Noah. And after the last animal went into the boat with Noah and his family, God shut the door. Then, on that same day, the rain came out of the sky. It rained really hard all the time. It was like God opened up a big window in the sky, and rain poured down. And water came up from springs, and from everywhere under the ground too. It kept on raining all the time for 40 days.

Genesis 7:4

You see, I’m going to send a big rain. That rain will come in 7 days time. Then it will keep on raining all the time for 40 days. The flood water will come up and wash away all the things that I have made.”

Matthew 8:9

I know it will happen. You see, I know about bosses. I have a boss over me, and I’m the boss over a lot of soldiers. If I tell a soldier to go somewhere, he goes there. And if I tell one of them to come to me, he comes to me. And if I tell my work-men to do something, they do it. Well, I believe that you are a powerful boss. If you just tell that sickness to go, then my work-man will get better straight away.”