'Heavens' in the Bible

And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.

The Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.

So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.

Give ear, O heavens, to my voice; let the earth take note of the words of my mouth:

No other is like the God of Jeshurun, coming on the heavens to your help, and letting his glory be seen in the skies.

And Israel is living in peace, the fountain of Jacob by himself, in a land of grain and wine, with dew dropping from the heavens.

And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.

Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.

But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;

Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;

The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.

Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;

The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory.

The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all.

You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies.

Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.

For this cause the heavens will be shaking, and the earth will be moved out of its place, in the wrath of the Lord of armies, and in the day of his burning passion.

And the heavens will be rolled together like the roll of a book: and all their army will be gone, like a dead leaf from the vine, or a dry fruit from the fig-tree.

In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.

I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.

Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.

By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.

Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.

And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?

And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,

Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.

This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.

This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.

And as they gave orders to let the broken end and the roots of the tree be, so your kingdom will be safe for you after it is clear to you that the heavens are ruling.

And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;

The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

And I will let wonders be seen in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.

And the Lord will be thundering from Zion, and his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will be shaking: but the Lord will be a breastplate for his people and a strong place for the children of Israel.

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In a short time I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;