So God made the expanse and it separated the water that was below the expanse from the water that was over the expanse. And it happened so.
Proverbs 8:28 - Tree of Life Version when He established the skies above, when He securely fixed the fountains of the deep, 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 it separated the water that was below the expanse from the water that was over the expanse. And it happened so.
Then God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered to one place. Let the dry ground appear.” And it happened so.
In the six-hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day, all the water sources of the great deep burst open, and the windows of the sky were opened.
Also the sources of the deep and the windows of the skies were closed up, and the rain from the sky was held back.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under them.
“Have you gone to the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
At Your rebuke the waters fled. At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever,
By wisdom Adonai founded the earth. By understanding He established the heavens.
When He set the heavens in place, I was there. When He inscribed the horizon on the face of the ocean,
when He set the boundaries for the sea, so that the waters never transgress His command, when He laid out earth’s foundations—
He said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became totally calm.