² The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

¹¹ In 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.

¹¹ Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

¹² It is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatever he commands them On the surface of the habitable world,

¹³ Whether it is for correction, or for his land, Or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

³⁷ Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

²⁸ When he established the clouds above, When the springs of the deep became strong,

³ For 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.

⁹ For 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."

²⁶ He said to them, "Why are you fearful, oh you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

²⁷ The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"