The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsthe fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)