'Skies' in the Bible

"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,

"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,

He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

Acknowledge God's power, his sovereignty over Israel, and the power he reveals in the skies!

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."

For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,

I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.

it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies." (Selah)

In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."

I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

God comes from Teman, the sovereign one from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the skies, his glory fills the earth.

That day will be a day of God's anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit and the ground its yield, and the skies will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things.