Genesis 1:6
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6 Then God said, (A)“Let there be a [a]firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
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- Genesis 1:6 expanse
Jeremiah 51:15
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15 (A)He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And (B)stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
Psalm 104:2
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2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
Psalm 33:6
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6 (A)By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the (B)host of them (C)by the breath of His mouth.
Job 37:18
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Psalm 33:9
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9 For (A)He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
Job 26:7-8
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7 (A)He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
8 (B)He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds [a]are not broken under it.
Footnotes
- Job 26:8 do not break
Psalm 136:5-6
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5 (A)To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,
For His mercy endures forever;
6 (B)To Him who laid out the earth above the waters,
For His mercy endures forever;
Zechariah 12:1
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The Coming Deliverance of Judah
12 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, (A)who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and (B)forms the spirit of man within him:
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- Zechariah 12:1 oracle, prophecy
Jeremiah 10:12-13
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12 He (A)has made the earth by His power,
He has (B)established the world by His wisdom,
And (C)has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
13 (D)When He utters His voice,
There is a [a]multitude of waters in the heavens:
(E)“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:13 Or noise
Psalm 19:1
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The Perfect Revelation of the Lord
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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- Psalm 19:1 expanse of heaven
- Psalm 19:1 the work of His hands
Psalm 148:4
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Job 38:22-26
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22 “Have you entered (A)the treasury of snow,
Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
23 (B)Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
For the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is light [a]diffused,
Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
25 “Who (C)has divided a channel for the overflowing water,
Or a path for the thunderbolt,
26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;
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- Job 38:24 Lit. divided
Job 37:11
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11 Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds;
He scatters His [a]bright clouds.
Footnotes
- Job 37:11 clouds of light
Job 26:13
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Genesis 7:11-12
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11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on (A)that day all (B)the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the (C)windows of heaven were opened. 12 (D)And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
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Genesis 1:20
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20 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living [a]creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the [b]firmament of the heavens.”
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- Genesis 1:20 souls
- Genesis 1:20 expanse
Genesis 1:14
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14 Then God said, “Let there be (A)lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and (B)seasons, and for days and years;
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Jeremiah 10:10
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10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is (A)the living God and the (B)everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
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3 If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.
Psalm 150:1
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Let All Things Praise the Lord
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty [b]firmament!
Footnotes
- Psalm 150:1 Heb. Hallelujah
- Psalm 150:1 expanse of heaven
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