48 Bible Verses about Astronomy

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}. [He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea. [He is the one] who made [the] Bear [and] Orion, [the] Pleiades and [the] constellations of [the] south.

Lift your eyes up [on] high, and see! Who created these? The one who brings out their host by number. He calls all them by name. Because [he is] great of power and mighty of power, no man is missing.

And heaven and earth and all their array were finished.

Look! For to Yahweh your God {belong} heaven and the {highest heavens}, the earth and all that [is] in it.

For all the gods of the nations [are] idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

"You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you.

"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.

Look, even [the] moon {is not bright}, and [the] stars are not pure in his sight.

[He] covers [the] face of [the] full moon; [he] spreads his cloud over it.

The heavens [are] telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. {Every day} [they] pour forth speech, and {every night} [they] tell knowledge. There is no speech and there are no words; their sound is inaudible.read more.
[Yet] in all [the] world their line goes out, and their words to [the] end of [the] world. In them he has pitched a tent for the sun, and it [is] like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run [its] course. Its rising [is] from [one] end of the heavens and its circuit to the [other] end of them; and nothing [is] hidden from its heat.

By the word of Yahweh [the] heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

Yours [is the] day, yours [is the] night also. You established light and [the] sun.

And [so the] heavens will praise your wonderful deed, O Yahweh, even your faithfulness, in [the] assembly of [the] holy ones.

For all the gods of the peoples [are] idols, but Yahweh made [the] heavens.

[you] who cover [yourself] with light as [with] a garment, who stretch out [the] heavens like a tent curtain,

To [him who] made the heavens with skill, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars of light.

Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding.

Look! I will cause [the] shadow of the steps, which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, to turn backwards ten steps." And the sun turned back ten steps on the steps which it had gone down.

I myself made [the] earth, and I created humankind upon it. I, my hands, stretched out [the] heavens, and I commanded all their host.

Thus says Yahweh, who gives [the] sun for light by day, the regulations of [the] moon and [the] stars for light [by] night, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar--Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.

And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of your hands;

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, [the] moon and [the] stars which you set in place-- what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?

And God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light. And God saw the light, that [it was] good, and God caused [there to be] a separation between the light and between the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, [the] first day.

Blow [the] horn at new moon, at full moon, for our feast day,

He made [the] moon for appointed times; [the] sun knows its [time for] setting.

"Can you bind [the] chains of [the] Pleiades, or can you loosen [the] cords of Orion? Can you lead forth the southern constellations at their appointed time, or can you lead [the] Bear with its children? Do you know heaven's statutes, or can you establish their rule on the earth?

The sun will be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh.

"And immediately after the tribulation of those days, 'the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.'

and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.'

"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity from the noise of the sea and [its] surging,

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not flash forth their light; the sun will keep back when it comes out, and [the] moon will not cause its light to shine.

And the full moon will be ashamed and the sun will be ashamed, for Yahweh of hosts will rule on {Mount Zion} and in Jerusalem, and before his elders [in] glory.

And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, on [the] day [when] Yahweh binds up the breakage of his people, and he heals the wound of his blow.

and all the host of heaven shall rot. And the skies shall roll up like scroll, and all their host shall wither like the withering of a leaf from a vine, or like [the] withering from a fig tree.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look to the earth beneath, for [the] heavens will be torn to pieces like smoke, and the earth will be worn out like garment, and those who inhabit her will die like gnats. But my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be broken to pieces.

Because [the] coastlands wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish [are] first to bring your children from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the holy one of Israel, because he has glorified you. And {foreigners} shall build your walls, and their kings shall serve you, for in my anger I struck you, but in my favor I have taken pity on you. And your gates shall continually be open, day and night they shall not be shut, to bring you [the] wealth of nations, and their kings shall be led.read more.
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you shall perish, and the nations shall be utterly devastated. The glory of Lebanon shall come to you; [the] cypress, [the] plane, and [the] pine together, to glorify the place of my sanctuary, and I will do honor to the place of my feet. And the children of those who oppressed you shall come to you bending low, and all those who treated you disrespectfully shall bow down at the soles of your feet. And they shall call you the city of Yahweh, Zion [of] the holy one of Israel. Instead of you being forsaken and hated {with no one passing through,} I will {make} you an everlasting {object of pride}, a joy of {coming generations}. And you shall suck [the] milk of nations, and suck [the] breast of kings, and you shall know that I [am] Yahweh your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob. Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will {appoint} peace [as] your overseer, and righteousness [as] {your ruling body}. Violence shall no longer be heard in your land; devastation or destruction on your borders. And you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates, Praise. The sun shall no longer be your light by day, and for bright light the moon shall not give you light, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory. Your sun shall no longer go [down], and your moon shall not {wane}, for Yahweh himself will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall come to an end.

And I will cover [you] at extinguishing your heavens, and I will make dark their stars, and I will cover [the] sun with the cloud, and [the] moon will not give its light. All sources of light in the heavens, I will make them dark over you, and I will put darkness on your land,'" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

{Before them} [the] earth quakes; [the] heavens tremble; [the] sun and [the] moon grow dark, and [the] stars {have withheld} their splendor

[The] sun and [the] moon grow dark, and [the] stars {have withheld} their splendor.

And then in that day," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "I will make the sun go down at noon and I will darken the land on a day of light.

The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed [by] being burned up, and the earth and the deeds [done] on it will be disclosed.

And the fourth angel blew the trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened, and the day did not shine [with respect to] a third of it, and the night likewise.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward the heavens and count the stars if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity.