59 He has spread out the sky like a vault. He has founded it over the waters. (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:59
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Sirach 43:11–13
11 Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it. It is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness. (WEB) 12 It encircles the sky with its glorious circle. The hands of the Most High have stretched it out. (WEB) 13 By his commandment, he makes the snow fall and swiftly sends the lig… (WEB)
Job 9:7–9
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2 Samuel 22:11–13
11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. 13 From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
Psalms 104:1–3
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, 3 laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clou…
Amos 9:5–7
5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt— 6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters… 7 …
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