Genesis 7:11

New International Reader's Version

Noah was 600 years old. It was the 17th day of the second month of the year. On that day all of the springs at the bottom of the oceans burst open. God opened the windows of the sky.

Cross References

Genesis 1:7

And that’s exactly what happened. God made the huge space between the waters. He separated the water under the space from the water above it.

Genesis 6:17

I am going to bring a flood on the earth. It will destroy all life under the sky. It will destroy every living creature that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Genesis 7:6

Noah was 600 years old when the flood came on the earth.

Genesis 8:14

By the 27th day of the second month the earth was completely dry.

Genesis 8:2

The springs at the bottom of the oceans had been closed. The windows of the sky had also been closed. And the rain had stopped falling from the sky.

2 Kings 7:19

The officer had spoken to the man of God. The officer had said, “Suppose the Lord opens the sky and pours down food on us. Even if he does, could what you are saying really happen?” The man of God had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes. But you won’t eat any of it!”

2 Kings 7:2

The king was leaning on an officer’s arm. The officer spoke to the man of God. The officer said, “Suppose the Lord opens the sky and pours down food on us. Even if he does, could what you are saying really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha. “But you won’t eat any of it!”

Job 12:15

If he holds back the water, everything dries up. If he lets the water loose, it floods the land.

Job 28:4

Far from where people live they cut a tunnel. They do it in places where other people don’t go. Far away from people they swing back and forth on ropes.

Job 38:16

“Have you traveled to the springs at the bottom of the ocean? Have you walked in its deepest parts?

Job 38:37

Who is wise enough to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens?

Psalm 33:7

He gathers together the waters of the sea. He puts the oceans in their places.

Psalm 74:15

You opened up streams and springs. You dried up rivers that flow all year long.

Proverbs 3:20

By his knowledge the seas were separated, and the clouds dropped their dew.

Isaiah 24:18

Anyone who runs away from the terror will fall into the pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. The Lord will open the windows of the skies. He will flood the land. The foundations of the earth will shake.

Isaiah 24:19

The earth will be broken up. It will split open. It will be shaken to pieces.

Jeremiah 5:22

Shouldn’t you have respect for me?’ announces the Lord. ‘Shouldn’t you tremble with fear in front of me? I made the sand to hold the ocean back. It will do that forever. The ocean can’t go past it. The waves might roll, but they can’t sweep over it. They might roar, but they can’t go across it.

Jeremiah 51:16

When I thunder, the waters in the heavens roar. I make clouds rise from one end of the earth to the other. I send lightning with the rain. I bring out the wind from my storerooms.

Ezekiel 26:19

The Lord and King says to Tyre, “I will turn you into an empty city. You will be like cities where no one lives anymore. I will cause the ocean to sweep over you. Its mighty waters will cover you.

Malachi 3:10

Bring the entire tenth to the storerooms in my temple. Then there will be plenty of food. Test me this way,” says the Lord. “Then you will see that I will throw open the windows of heaven. I will pour out so many blessings that you will not have enough room to store them.

Matthew 24:38

In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking. They were getting married. They were giving their daughters to be married. They did all those things right up to the day Noah entered the ark.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.

2 Peter 3:6

The waters also flooded the world of that time. And so they destroyed the world.