Genesis 7:11

Catholic Public Domain Version

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great abyss were released, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.

Cross References

Genesis 1:7

And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.

Genesis 6:17

Behold, I shall bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, so as to put to death all flesh in which there is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are on the earth shall be consumed.

Genesis 7:6

And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.

Genesis 8:14

In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was made dry.

Genesis 8:2

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

2 Kings 7:19

Then that leader had responded to the man of God, and he had said, "Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly happen?" And he said to him, "You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it."

2 Kings 7:2

And one of the leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, responding to the man of God, said, "Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly be?" And he said, "You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it."

Job 12:15

If he restrains the waters, everything will dry up; and if he sends them forth, they will subdue the land.

Job 28:4

The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable.

Job 38:16

Have you entered the depths of the sea, and have you taken a walk in the uttermost parts of the abyss?

Job 38:37

Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven?

Psalm 33:7

This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him, and he saved him from all his tribulations.

Proverbs 3:20

By his wisdom, the abyss erupted and the clouds increased with dew.

Isaiah 24:18

And this shall be: whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit. And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the floodgates from above have been opened, and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth will be utterly broken! The earth will be utterly crushed! The earth will be utterly shaken!

Jeremiah 5:22

So then, will you not fear me, says the Lord. And will you not have sorrow before my face? I have placed the shore as a limit for the sea, as an everlasting precept that it will not transgress. And its waves will crash, but they will not prevail; and its waves will swell, but they will not go across.

Jeremiah 51:16

when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.

Ezekiel 26:19

For thus says the Lord God: When I will have made you a desolate city, like the cities that are uninhabited, and when I will have led the abyss over you, and many waters will have covered you,

Malachi 3:10

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, and let there be food in my house. And test me about this, says the Lord, as to whether I will not open to you the floodgates of heaven, and pour out to you a blessing, all the way to abundance.

Matthew 24:38

For it will be just as it was in the days before the flood: eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, even until that day when Noah entered into the ark.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they will say, "Peace and security!" then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape.

2 Peter 3:6

By water, the former world then, having been inundated with water, perished.