Verse Comparison: Genesis 8:2
American Standard Version
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Amplified® Bible
Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the gushing rain from the sky was checked,
Contemporary English Version
God stopped up the places where the water had been gushing out from under the earth. He also closed up the sky, and the rain stopped.
Darby English Version
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.
Good News Bible
The outlets of the water beneath the earth and the floodgates of the sky were closed. The rain stopped,
King James Version
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
New American Standard Bible
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
New International Version
Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.
New King James Version
The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky closed, and the rain from the sky God restrained;
Revised Standard Version
the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,
Young's Literal Translation
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.
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