Gen 1:6-8, Job 9:8-9, Psa 104:2, 148:4-6, 150:1, Pro 8:27, Isa 40:12, 22 | ESV | STEP | And God said , Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters , and let it separate the waters from the waters .

v[See Ps. 148:14 above]

w[Ps. 11:4; 134:2]

x[Ps. 68:34]

z ch. 3:19

aa Job 26:10

ab[Prov. 30:4]

ac[Num. 13:33]

ad Job 9:8; Ps. 104:2

Genesis 1:6-8

6 And God said, ^a“Let there be an expanse ^{▼▼Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20} in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made ^{▼▼Or fashioned; also verse 16} the expanse and ^dseparated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were ^eabove the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven. ^{▼▼Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1} And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Job 9:8-9

8 who alone ^gstretched out the heavens
and trampled the waves of the sea;
9 who ^hmade ⁱthe Bear and ^jOrion,
the Pleiades ^kand the chambers of the south;

Psalms 104:2

2 covering yourself with light as with a garment,
^lstretching out the heavens ^mlike a tent.

Psalms 148:4-6

4 Praise him, you ⁿhighest heavens,
and you ^owaters above the heavens!
5 ^pLet them praise the name of the Lord!
For ^qhe commanded and they were created.
6 And he ^restablished them forever and ever;
he gave ^sa decree, and it shall not ^tpass away. ^{▼▼Or it shall not be transgressed}

Psalms 150:1

Let Everything Praise the Lord

1 ^vPraise the Lord!
Praise God in his ^wsanctuary;
praise him in ^xhis mighty heavens! ^{▼▼Hebrew expanse (compare Genesis 1:6–8)}

Proverbs 8:27

27 When he ^zestablished the heavens, I was there;
when he drew ^aaa circle on the face of the deep,

Isaiah 40:12

12 ^abWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:22

22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are ^aclike grasshoppers;
^adwho stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;