Topic
FIRMAMENT
The expanse above the earth GEN 1:6-8,14-17,20; PSA 19:1; DAN 12:3
Passages on this topic · 10
- Genesis 1:6
God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
- Genesis 1:7
God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
- Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:14
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
- Genesis 1:15
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth”; and it was so.
- Genesis 1:16
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
- Genesis 1:17
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:20
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- Psalms 19:1
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
- Daniel 12:3
Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).