Genesis 7:11
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In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
In other translations
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Hebrew words
בִּשְׁנַתbishnatin yearH8141שֵׁשׁ־shesh-sixH8337מֵאוֹתme'othundred<s>H3967שָׁנָהshanahyearH8141לְחַיֵּי־lechaiyei-of [the] life ofH2416נֹחַnoachNoahH5146בַּחֹדֶשׁbachodeshin the monthH2320הַשֵּׁנִיhasheni<the> secondH8145בְּשִׁבְעָה־beshiv'ah-on [the] seven-H7651עָשָׂר'asarteenH6240יוֹםyomdayH3117לַחֹדֶשׁlachodeshof the monthH2320בַּיּוֹםbaiyomon the dayH3117הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088נִבְקְעוּnivke'uthey were split openH1234כָּל־kal-allH3605מַעְיְנֹתma'yenot[the] springs ofH4599תְּהוֹםtehom[the] deepH8415רַבָּהrabahgreatH7227וַאֲרֻבֹּתva'arubotand [the] floodgates ofH699הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064נִפְתָּחוּ׃niftachuthey were openedH6605
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Related verses
- Genesis 8:2The 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.
- Proverbs 8:28-2928 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, 29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Malachi 3:10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
- Amos 9:5-65 And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt— 6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
- Jeremiah 51:16When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Psalm 78:23-2423 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.23 Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. 24 He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
- 2 Kings 7:19And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
- Ezekiel 26:19For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
- Job 38:8-118 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, 9 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, 10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, 11 and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
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