If he holds back the water, everything dries up. If he lets the water loose, it floods the land.

他把水留住，水便枯干；他再发出水来，水就翻地。

看哪，他使水止住，水就干了；他把水放出，水就淹没大地。

看哪，他使水止住，水就干了；他把水放出，水就淹没大地。

祂拦住水源，便有干旱；祂放开水源，大地被淹没。

他若把水阻截，水就干涸，他再把水放出，水就使地翻倒。

他把水留住，水便枯乾；他再發出水來，水就翻地。

看哪，他使水止住，水就乾了；他把水放出，水就淹沒大地。

看哪，他使水止住，水就乾了；他把水放出，水就淹沒大地。

祂攔住水源，便有乾旱；祂放開水源，大地被淹沒。

他若把水阻截，水就乾涸，他再把水放出，水就使地翻倒。

他若抑制住水，水便乾了；他再送出水來，水就使地翻覆。

止水則水涸、出之則地淹、

止溪流而水涸、裂泉脈而地淹、

止水則水涸、使水流出則氾濫於地、氾濫於地原文作翻地

If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.

If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.

When he withholds water, everything dries up, and when he releases it, it destroys the land.

Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.

If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

When He withholds the waters, everything dries up, and when He releases them, they destroy the land.

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab,“ I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”

These witnesses have power to close up the sky. Then it will not rain while they are prophesying. They also have power to turn the waters into blood. And they can strike the earth with every kind of plague. They can do this as often as they want to.

The Lord made the Pleiades and Orion. He turns midnight into sunrise. He makes the day fade into night. He sends for the waters in the clouds. Then he pours them out on the surface of the land. His name is the Lord.

He controls the seas. He dries them up. He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Mount Carmel dry up. The flowers in Lebanon fade.

He holds the life of every creature in his hand. He controls the breath of every human being.

“ Suppose your people have sinned against you. And because of that, the sky is closed up and there isn’t any rain. But your people pray toward this place. They praise you by admitting they’ve sinned. And they turn away from their sin because you have made them suffer.Then listen to them from heaven. Forgive the sin of your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live. Send rain on the land you gave them as their share.

Noah was 600 years old. It was the 17th day of the second month of the year. On that day all of the springs at the bottom of the oceans burst open. God opened the windows of the sky.Rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.On that same day Noah entered the ark together with his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth. Noah’s wife and the wives of his three sons also entered it.They had every kind of wild animal with them. They had every kind of livestock, creature that moves along the ground, and bird that flies.Pairs of all living creatures that breathe came to Noah and entered the ark.The animals going in were male and female of every living thing. Everything happened just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.For 40 days the flood kept coming on the earth. As the waters rose higher, they lifted the ark high above the earth.The waters rose higher and higher on the earth. And the ark floated on the water.The waters rose on the earth until all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.The waters continued to rise until they covered the mountains by more than 20 feet.Every living thing that moved on land died. The birds, the livestock and the wild animals died. All of the creatures that fill the earth also died. And so did every human being.Every breathing thing on dry land died.Every living thing on earth was wiped out. People and animals were destroyed. The creatures that move along the ground and the birds in the sky were wiped out. Everything on earth was destroyed. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.The waters flooded the earth for 150 days.But God showed concern for Noah. He also showed concern for all the wild animals and livestock that were with Noah in the ark. So God sent a wind to sweep over the earth. And the waters began to go down.The springs at the bottom of the oceans had been closed. The windows of the sky had also been closed. And the rain had stopped falling from the sky.

Elijah was a human being, just as we are. He prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain. And it didn’t rain on the land for three and a half years.Then he prayed again. That time it rained. And the earth produced its crops.

I tell you for sure that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. And there had been no rain for three and a half years. There wasn’t enough food to eat anywhere in the land.

So God said to Noah,“ I am going to put an end to everyone. They have filled the earth with their harmful acts. I am certainly going to destroy them and the earth.

But you commanded the waters, and they ran away. At the sound of your thunder they rushed off.They flowed down the mountains. They went into the valleys. They went to the place you appointed for them.You drew a line they can’t cross. They will never cover the earth again.

Do any of the worthless gods of the nations bring rain? Do the skies send down showers all by themselves? No. Lord our God, you send the rain. So we put our hope in you. You are the one who does all these things.

I am going to bring a flood on the earth. It will destroy all life under the sky. It will destroy every living creature that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

If you do, the Lord will be very angry with you. He’ll close up the sky. It won’t rain. The ground won’t produce its crops. Soon you will die. You won’t live to enjoy the good land the Lord is giving you.