The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
Parallel translations
- WEB The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
- KJV The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
- BSB The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
- NASB Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
- NLT The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.
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Quick answer
The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped. The sources of judgment are restrained.
Overview
The same forces unleashed in judgment are now shut off at God's command, showing his complete control over the flood. The reversal begins the restoration of order to the world. God's restraining of the waters demonstrates that he both sends and ends judgment according to his merciful purpose.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Gen 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky’s windows were opened.
- Matt 8:26–27He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
- Prov 8:28when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
- Job 37:11–13Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
- Matt 8:9For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
- Jonah 2:3For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
- Job 38:37Who can count the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
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