Proverbs 8:27-28
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27 When he established the heavens, there was I,(A)
when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
28 When he made firm the skies above,
when he fixed fast the springs of the deep;
Job 9:8
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8 He alone stretches out the heavens(A)
and treads upon the back of the sea.
Isaiah 40:22
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22 The one who is enthroned above the vault of the earth,
its inhabitants like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a veil
and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,(A)
Genesis 1:6-7
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6 Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other. 7 God made the dome,[a] and it separated the water below the dome from the water above the dome. And so it happened.(A)
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- 1:7 The dome: the Hebrew word suggests a gigantic metal dome. It was inserted into the middle of the single body of water to form dry space within which the earth could emerge. The Latin Vulgate translation firmamentum, “means of support (for the upper waters); firmament,” provided the traditional English rendering.
Amos 9:6
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6 Who has built his upper chamber in heaven,
and established his vault over the earth;
Who summons the waters of the sea
and pours them upon the surface of the earth—
the Lord is his name.(A)
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