Quiz: Bible Catchphrases

The expression "the windows of heaven" is recorded in the Old Testament Scriptures, in the story of the Flood: "all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (и҆ хлѧ̑би небє́сныѧ ѿверзо́шасѧ – i' khlyabi nebesnyya otverzoshasya)" (Genesis 7:11). The Church Slavonic word for "windows" is "хляби –khlyabi" Nowadays, the expression "the windows of heaven" can be used in a joking form, meaning heavy rain.