Genesis 8:2
Christian Standard Bible
2 The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.(A)
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Genesis 8:2
New International Version
2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens(A) had been closed, and the rain(B) had stopped falling from the sky.
Deuteronomy 11:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you.(A) He will shut the sky, and there will be no rain;(B) the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land(C) the Lord is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 11:17
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17 Then the Lord’s anger(A) will burn against you, and he will shut up(B) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,(C) and you will soon perish(D) from the good land the Lord is giving you.
1 Kings 8:35
Christian Standard Bible
35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against you,(A)
and they pray toward this place
and praise your name,
and they turn from their sins
because you are afflicting them,(B)
1 Kings 8:35
New International Version
1 Kings 17:1
Christian Standard Bible
Elijah Announces Famine
17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,[a](B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives,(C) in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!” (D)
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- 17:1 LXX reads from Tishbe of Gilead
1 Kings 17:1
New International Version
Elijah Announces a Great Drought
17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead,(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain(C) in the next few years except at my word.”
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- 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers
2 Chronicles 6:26
Christian Standard Bible
26 When the skies are shut and there is no rain
because they have sinned against you,
and they pray toward this place
and praise your name,
and they turn from their sins
because you are afflicting[a](A) them,
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- 6:26 LXX, Vg; MT reads answering; 1Kg 8:35
2 Chronicles 6:26
New International Version
26 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(A) because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,
2 Chronicles 7:13
Christian Standard Bible
13 If I shut the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on my people,(A)
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2 Chronicles 7:13
New International Version
13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(A) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
Luke 4:25
Christian Standard Bible
25 But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days,(A) when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.
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Luke 4:25
New International Version
25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.(A)
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