Genesis 8:2

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 7:11

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.

Genesis 7:12

Rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

Genesis 7:4

Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. I will destroy from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”

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?

Proverbs 8:28

That was when he put the clouds above. It was when he fixed the ocean springs in place.

Jonah 2:3

You threw me deep into the Mediterranean Sea. I was deep down in its waters. They were all around me. All your rolling waves were sweeping over me.

Matthew 8:9

I myself am a man under authority. And I have soldiers who obey my orders. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. I tell that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”