So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.
Proverbs 8:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised when he placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed out, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When he established the clouds above: When he strengthened the fountains of the deep: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When He made firm the skies above, when He established the fountains of the deep, American Standard Version (1901) When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, Common English Bible when he thickened the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep, Catholic Public Domain Version when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters: |
So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.
Then God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the vast watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,
The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.
He wraps up the water in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.
Have you travelled to the sources of the sea or walked in the depths of the oceans?
The Lord founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
I was there when he established the heavens, when he laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
when he set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate his command, when he laid out the foundations of the earth.
He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, you of little faith? ’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.