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It is a significant element in biblical literature, symbolizing God's creation, majesty, and the divine realm. The sky is frequently mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments, serving as a backdrop for divine activity and revelation. Creation and Order In the account of creation, the sky is established by God as part of the ordered universe. <a href="/genesis/1-6.htm">Genesis 1:6-8</a> states, "And God said, 'Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.' So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. God called the expanse 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day." Here, the sky is depicted as a firmament, a division between the waters, highlighting God's sovereign power in structuring the cosmos. Symbol of God's Majesty and Presence The sky is often used metaphorically to express the grandeur and majesty of God. <a href="/psalms/19.htm">Psalm 19:1</a> declares, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands." This verse illustrates how the sky serves as a testament to God's creative power and divine nature, inviting humanity to recognize His handiwork. Divine Revelation and Signs Throughout Scripture, the sky is a medium through which God communicates with His people. In the Old Testament, God uses the sky to provide signs and wonders. For instance, in <a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21</a> , "And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night." The sky here becomes a canvas for God's guidance and protection. In the New Testament, the sky is also associated with significant events in the life of Jesus Christ. At His baptism, the heavens open, and the Spirit of God descends like a dove (<a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16</a>). Similarly, at the Transfiguration, a bright cloud envelops Jesus and His disciples, and a voice from the cloud speaks (<a href="/matthew/17-5.htm">Matthew 17:5</a>). Eschatological Imagery The sky plays a crucial role in eschatological imagery, symbolizing the end times and the return of Christ. In <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a> , Jesus speaks of His second coming: "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory." The sky here is the stage for the ultimate revelation of Christ's glory and authority. Weather and Judgment The sky is also associated with weather phenomena, which are often seen as expressions of God's judgment or blessing. In <a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">1 Kings 18:45</a> , after Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal, "the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain." This event signifies God's response to Elijah's prayer and the end of a prolonged drought, demonstrating His control over nature. Conclusion The sky in biblical literature is a multifaceted symbol that reflects God's creative power, His majesty, and His interaction with humanity. It serves as a constant reminder of His presence and the ultimate hope of His return.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) A cloud.2. (n.) Hence, a shadow.3. (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.4. (n.) The weather; the climate.5. (v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.6. (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>SKYski (shachaq, "fine dust" or "cloud," apparently from [?] shachaq, "to rub," "to pulverize"; Samaritan: shechaqayyah instead of Hebrew shamayim; sachq = "cloud," "small dust"): 1. In the Old Testament: The Revised Version (British and American) has "skies" for the King James Version "clouds" in <a href="/job/35-5.htm">Job 35:5</a>; <a href="/job/36-28.htm">Job 36:28</a>; <a href="/job/37-21.htm">Job 37:21</a> <a href="/psalms/36-5.htm">Psalm 36:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Psalm 57:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/68-34.htm">Psalm 68:34</a>; <a href="/psalms/78-23.htm">Psalm 78:23</a>; <a href="/psalms/108-4.htm">Psalm 108:4</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-20.htm">Proverbs 3:20</a>; <a href="/proverbs/8-28.htm">Proverbs 8:28</a>, in which passages BDB supports the rendering of King James Version. In <a href="/psalms/89-6.htm">Psalm 89:6, 37</a> Revised Version (British and American) has "sky" for King James Version "heaven." English Versions has "sky" in <a href="/deuteronomy/33-26.htm">Deuteronomy 33:26</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-12.htm">2 Samuel 22:12</a>; <a href="/job/37-18.htm">Job 37:18</a> <a href="/psalms/18-11.htm">Psalm 18:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/77-1.htm">Psalm 77:1</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-9.htm">Jeremiah 51:9</a>. The word occurs mainly in poetical passages. 2. In the New Ttestament: In the New Testament ouranos, is translated "heaven" (the King James Version "sky") in connection with the weather in <a href="/matthew/16-2.htm">Matthew 16:2, 3</a> <a href="/luke/12-56.htm">Luke 12:56</a>. In <a href="/hebrews/11-12.htm">Hebrews 11:12</a> we find "the stars of heaven" ("the sky") as a figure of multitude. The conception, however, that the visible "sky" is but the dome-like floor of a higher world often makes it hard to tell whether "heaven" in certain passages may or may not be identified with the sky. See <a href="../h/heaven.htm">HEAVEN</a>; <a href="../c/cosmogony.htm">COSMOGONY</a>. Alfred Ely Day<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3772.htm">3772. ouranos -- heaven</a> ... heaven. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ouranos Phonetic Spelling: (oo-ran-os') Short Definition: the sky, the heaven Definition: heaven, (a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3772.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1356.htm">1356. diopetes -- fallen from heaven</a> ... from heaven. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: diopetes Phonetic Spelling: (dee-op-et'-ace) Short Definition: fallen from the sky Definition: fallen ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1356.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/3771.htm">3771. ouranothen -- from heaven</a> ... Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: ouranothen Phonetic Spelling: (oo-ran-oth'- en) Short Definition: from heaven Definition: from heaven, from the sky. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3771.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2718.htm">2718. katerchomai -- to come down</a> ... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katerchomai Phonetic Spelling: (kat-er'-khom- ahee) Short Definition: I come down Definition: I come down from sky to earth ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2718.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2203.htm">2203. Zeus -- Zeus, the greatest of the pagan Gk. gods</a> ... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Zeus Phonetic Spelling: (dzyooce) Short Definition: Zeus Definition: Zeus, the Greek god of the sky in all its ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2203.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/792.htm">792. aster -- a star</a> ... star. Probably from the base of stronnumi; a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively -- star. see GREEK stronnumi. (astera) -- 4 Occurrences. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/792.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2105.htm">2105. eudia -- fair weather</a> ... fair weather. Feminine from eu and the alternate of Zeus (as the god of the weather); a clear sky, ie Fine weather -- fair weather. see GREEK eu. see GREEK Zeus ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2105.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2597.htm">2597. katabaino -- to go down</a> ... katabaino Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ab-ah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I go down, come down Definition: I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2597.htm - 9k<a href="/greek/2302.htm">2302. theatron -- a theater, a spectacle</a> ... Spelling: (theh'-at-ron) Short Definition: a theatre, spectacle Definition: (a) a theatre, a semi-circular stone building, generally open to the sky, (b) a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2302.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3321.htm">3321. mesouranema -- the zenith, mid-heaven</a> ... midst of heaven. From a presumed compound of mesos and ouranos; mid-sky -- midst of heaven. see GREEK mesos. see GREEK ouranos. (mesouranemati) -- 3 Occurrences ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3321.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8064.htm">8064. shamayim -- heaven, sky</a> ... 8063, 8064. shamayim. 8065 . heaven, sky. Transliteration: shamayim Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-mah'-yim) Short Definition: heaven. ... /hebrew/8064.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8235.htm">8235. shiphrah -- fairness, clearness (of sky)</a> ... 8234, 8235. shiphrah. 8236 . fairness, clearness (of sky). Transliteration: shiphrah Phonetic Spelling: (shif-raw') Short Definition: cleared. ... /hebrew/8235.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7834.htm">7834. shachaq -- dust, cloud</a> ... Word Origin from shachaq Definition dust, cloud NASB Word Usage clouds (6), skies (12), sky (2), speck of dust (1). cloud, small dust, heaven, sky. ... /hebrew/7834.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6763.htm">6763. tsela -- rib, side</a> ... literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, ie Leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, ie Quarter ... /hebrew/6763.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm">6051. anan -- a cloud mass, cloud</a> ... cloudy. From anan; a cloud (as covering the sky), ie The nimbus or thunder-cloud -- cloud(-y). see HEBREW anan. 6050, 6051. anan. 6052 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/6051.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7087.htm">7087. qapha' -- to thicken, condense, congeal</a> ... A primitive root; to shrink, ie Thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water) -- congeal, curdle, dark, settle. 7086, 7087. ... /hebrew/7087.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7493.htm">7493. raash -- to quake, shake</a> ... make afraid, remove, quake, make to shake, make to tremble. A primitive root; to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), partic. ... /hebrew/7493.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7549.htm">7549. raqia -- an extended surface, expanse</a> ... firmament. From raqa'; properly, an expanse, ie The firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky -- firmament. see HEBREW raqa'. 7548, 7549. raqia. 7550 ... /hebrew/7549.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5944.htm">5944. aliyyah -- a roof chamber</a> ... Feminine from alah; something lofty, ie A stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky -- ascent, (upper) chamber ... /hebrew/5944.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm">7307. ruach -- breath, wind, spirit</a> ... resemblance breath, ie A sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance ... /hebrew/7307.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/the_red_red_sky.htm">The Red, Red Sky</a> ... FOR THE CHILDREN THE RED, RED SKY. tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899. In ... nigh,. When we pass beyond the mountains, beyond the purple sky? ... /.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/the red red sky.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/the_bridal_of_the_earth.htm">'The Bridal of the Earth and Sky'</a> ... VOLUME II: PSALMS LI to CXLV 'THE BRIDAL OF THE EARTH AND SKY'. 'Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.11. ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the bridal of the earth.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/sky_earth_and_sea_a.htm">Sky, Earth, and Sea: a Parable of God</a> ... VOLUME I: PSALMS I to XLIX SKY, EARTH, AND SEA: A PARABLE OF GOD. 'Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and Thy faithfulness reacheth ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/sky earth and sea a.htm<a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/catechism_353_above_the_clear.htm">Above the Clear Blue Sky</a> ... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES Catechism 353. Above the clear blue sky. 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 ... John Chandler, 1841. Above the clear blue sky,. In heaven's bright abode,. ... /.../catechism 353 above the clear.htm<a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_32_lift_up_ye.htm">Lift Up, Ye Princes of the Sky</a> ... No. 32 Lift up, ye princes of the sky. ASCENSION Lift up, ye princes of the sky Ps. xxiii. Translated by Father Aylward from a Slovak Hymnal Arr. ... /.../various/the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 32 lift up ye.htm<a href="/library/lathbury/childs_story_of_the_bible/chapter_i_the_beginning_of.htm">The Beginning of Things. Away Back in the Beginning of Things God ...</a> ... THE OLD TESTAMENT CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THINGS. Away back in the beginning of things God made the sky and the earth we live upon. ... /.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter i the beginning of.htm<a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/travelers_by_sea_and_land_5.htm">Travelers by Sea and Land 418. Maker of the Sea and Sky</a> ... III. SACRAMENTS AND RITES Travelers by Sea and Land 418. Maker of the sea and sky. LM ... Arr. W. Gardiner, 1815. Henry Burton, 1905. Maker of the sea and sky,. ... /.../travelers by sea and land 5.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/ad_nationes/chapter_v_name_inconsistent_life.htm">The Inconsistent Life of any False Christian no More Condemns True ...</a> ... Book I. Chapter V. "The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples of Christ, Than a Passing Cloud Obscures a Summer Sky. ... /.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter v name inconsistent life.htm<a href="/library/corelli/the_master-christian/xix_set_square_and_dark.htm">Set Square and Dark against the Pale Blue of the Italian Sky the ...</a> ... XIX. Set square and dark against the pale blue of the Italian sky the Palazzo Sovrani? Set square and dark against the pale blue ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xix set square and dark.htm<a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/old_and_new_year_444.htm">Old and New Year 444. Ring Out, Wild Bells, to the Wild Sky</a> ... SPECIAL OCCASIONS Old and New Year 444. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky. LMD [1697]Jordan: ... Alfred Tennyson, 1850. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,. ... /.../old and new year 444.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sky.htm">Sky (278 Occurrences)</a> ... well seen. 6. (vt) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SKY. ski (shachaq ... /s/sky.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/s/sky's.htm">Sky's (2 Occurrences)</a> ...Sky's (2 Occurrences). ... (WEB). Genesis 8:2 The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained. (WEB). ... /s/sky's.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/e/expanse.htm">Expanse (18 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A vast, wide, continuous area, as the expanse of the plains; extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. ... /e/expanse.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/d/drenched.htm">Drenched (11 Occurrences)</a> ... the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let ... /d/drenched.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/w/winds.htm">Winds (35 Occurrences)</a> ... He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the ... /w/winds.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/b/blot.htm">Blot (23 Occurrences)</a> ... Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky." (WEB JPS ASV ... /b/blot.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/w/weather.htm">Weather (5 Occurrences)</a> ... weth'-er (zahabh (Job 37:22), yom (Proverbs 25:20), translated "day"; eudia, "clear sky," cheimon, "tempest"): In the East it is not customary to talk of the ... /w/weather.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/a/appearance.htm">Appearance (126 Occurrences)</a> ... appearance surprised me. 2. (n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky. 3. (n.) Personal ... /a/appearance.htm - 41k<a href="/topical/s/suddenly.htm">Suddenly (87 Occurrences)</a> ... Acts 1:10 But, while they stood intently gazing into the sky as He went, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them, (WEY NIV). ... /s/suddenly.htm - 32k<a href="/topical/s/stars.htm">Stars (64 Occurrences)</a> ... 24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the ... /s/stars.htm - 29k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sky-trumpets.html">Are the sky trumpets people have been reporting signs of the end times? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/2012-Mayan-prophecy.html">What does it mean that the one who is unwilling to work shall not eat (2 Thessalonians 3:10)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/firmament-Bible.html">What was the firmament in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/sky.htm">Sky: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Sky (278 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a> See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they? (WEB)<a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a> Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." (WEB)<a href="/matthew/16-1.htm">Matthew 16:1</a> Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky. (WEY)<a href="/matthew/16-2.htm">Matthew 16:2</a> But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say,'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' (WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/16-3.htm">Matthew 16:3</a> In the morning,'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times! (WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a> But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30</a> and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a> He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. (WEB NAS)<a href="/matthew/24-35.htm">Matthew 24:35</a> Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away. (WEY)<a href="/matthew/26-64.htm">Matthew 26:64</a> Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky." (WEB WEY)<a href="/matthew/28-2.htm">Matthew 28:2</a> Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it. (WEB)<a href="/mark/1-10.htm">Mark 1:10</a> and immediately on His coming up out of the water He saw an opening in the sky, and the Spirit like a dove coming down to Him; (WEY)<a href="/mark/1-11.htm">Mark 1:11</a> A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (WEB WEY)<a href="/mark/4-32.htm">Mark 4:32</a> yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow." (WEB)<a href="/mark/8-11.htm">Mark 8:11</a> The Pharisees followed Him and began to dispute with Him, asking Him for a sign in the sky, to make trial of Him. (WEY)<a href="/mark/13-25.htm">Mark 13:25</a> the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. (WEB NIV)<a href="/mark/13-27.htm">Mark 13:27</a> Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky. (WEB WEY)<a href="/mark/13-31.htm">Mark 13:31</a> Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away. (WEY)<a href="/mark/14-62.htm">Mark 14:62</a> Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky." (WEB WEY)<a href="/luke/2-15.htm">Luke 2:15</a> It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us." (WEB)<a href="/luke/3-21.htm">Luke 3:21</a> Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened, (WEB WEY)<a href="/luke/3-22.htm">Luke 3:22</a> and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased." (WEB)<a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a> But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land. (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/luke/8-5.htm">Luke 8:5</a> "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. (WEB)<a href="/luke/9-16.htm">Luke 9:16</a> He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. (WEB)<a href="/luke/9-54.htm">Luke 9:54</a> When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?" (WEB)<a href="/luke/9-58.htm">Luke 9:58</a> Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." (WEB)<a href="/luke/11-16.htm">Luke 11:16</a> Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky. (WEY)<a href="/luke/12-56.htm">Luke 12:56</a> You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time? (WEB KJV WEY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/13-19.htm">Luke 13:19</a> It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches." (WEB)<a href="/luke/16-17.htm">Luke 16:17</a> But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground. (WEY)<a href="/luke/17-24.htm">Luke 17:24</a> for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day. (WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Luke 17:29</a> but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all. (WEB WEY)<a href="/luke/21-33.htm">Luke 21:33</a> Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away. (WEY)<a href="/john/12-28.htm">John 12:28</a> Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." (WEB WEY)<a href="/acts/1-10.htm">Acts 1:10</a> While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing, (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/1-11.htm">Acts 1:11</a> who also said, "You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky." (WEB WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/acts/2-2.htm">Acts 2:2</a> Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. (WEB WEY)<a href="/acts/2-5.htm">Acts 2:5</a> Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky. (WEB)<a href="/acts/2-19.htm">Acts 2:19</a> I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke. (WEB WEY NAS)<a href="/acts/7-42.htm">Acts 7:42</a> But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets,'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? (WEB)<a href="/acts/7-49.htm">Acts 7:49</a> "'The sky is My throne, and earth is the footstool for My feet. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or what resting place shall I have? (WEY)<a href="/acts/9-3.htm">Acts 9:3</a> As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. (WEB)<a href="/acts/10-11.htm">Acts 10:11</a> The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners. (WEY NAS)<a href="/acts/10-12.htm">Acts 10:12</a> in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky. (WEB)<a href="/acts/10-16.htm">Acts 10:16</a> This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven. (See NAS)<a href="/acts/11-5.htm">Acts 11:5</a> "While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me. (WEY NAS)<a href="/acts/11-6.htm">Acts 11:6</a> When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. (WEB)<a href="/acts/11-9.htm">Acts 11:9</a> "But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "'What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.' (WEY)<a href="/acts/11-10.htm">Acts 11:10</a> This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven. (See NAS)<a href="/acts/14-15.htm">Acts 14:15</a> "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them; (WEB WEY)<a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet he didn't leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." (WEB)<a href="/acts/19-35.htm">Acts 19:35</a> When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? (See RSV)<a href="/acts/22-6.htm">Acts 22:6</a> It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me. (WEB)<a href="/acts/26-13.htm">Acts 26:13</a> at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me. (WEB)<a href="/hebrews/11-12.htm">Hebrews 11:12</a> Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead. (WEB KJV WEY WBS NIV)<a href="/james/5-18.htm">James 5:18</a> He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit. (WEB WEY NAS)<a href="/revelation/6-13.htm">Revelation 6:13</a> The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/6-14.htm">Revelation 6:14</a> The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/8-10.htm">Revelation 8:10</a> The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters. (WEB NIV)<a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a> Then I looked, and I heard a solitary eagle crying in a loud voice, as it flew across the sky, "Alas, alas, alas, for the inhabitants of the earth, because of the significance of the remaining trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!" (WEY)<a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">Revelation 9:1</a> The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. (WEB NIV)<a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">Revelation 9:2</a> He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. (See NIV)<a href="/revelation/10-1.htm">Revelation 10:1</a> I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. (WEB)<a href="/revelation/10-4.htm">Revelation 10:4</a> When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them." (WEB)<a href="/revelation/10-5.htm">Revelation 10:5</a> The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky, (WEB)<a href="/revelation/11-6.htm">Revelation 11:6</a> These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/12-4.htm">Revelation 12:4</a> His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. (WEB NIV)<a href="/revelation/12-7.htm">Revelation 12:7</a> There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war. (WEB)<a href="/revelation/13-13.htm">Revelation 13:13</a> He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people. (WEB)<a href="/revelation/14-6.htm">Revelation 14:6</a> And I saw another angel flying across the sky, carrying the Good News of the Ages to tell to every nation, tribe, language and people, among those who live on the earth. (WEY)<a href="/revelation/14-7.htm">Revelation 14:7</a> He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the time of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made sky and earth, the sea and the water-springs." (WEY)<a href="/revelation/15-1.htm">Revelation 15:1</a> I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished. (WEB)<a href="/revelation/16-21.htm">Revelation 16:21</a> Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe. (WEB WEY NIV)<a href="/revelation/18-1.htm">Revelation 18:1</a> After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory. (WEB)<a href="/revelation/18-5.htm">Revelation 18:5</a> for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities. (WEB WEY)<a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17</a> I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God, (WEB WEY)<a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11</a> Then I saw a great white throne and One who was seated on it, from whose presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. (WEY RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/1-8.htm">Genesis 1:8</a> God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day. (WEB NIV)<a href="/genesis/1-9.htm">Genesis 1:9</a> God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so. (WEB NIV)<a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">Genesis 1:14</a> God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; (WEB NIV)<a href="/genesis/1-15.htm">Genesis 1:15</a> and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so. (WEB NIV)<a href="/genesis/1-17.htm">Genesis 1:17</a> God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth, (WEB NIV)<a href="/genesis/1-20.htm">Genesis 1:20</a> God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky." (WEB NIV)<a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26</a> God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a> God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Genesis 1:30</a> To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so. (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Genesis 2:19</a> Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/2-20.htm">Genesis 2:20</a> The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him. (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Genesis 6:7</a> Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them." (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Genesis 6:17</a> I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die. (WEB)<a href="/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3</a> Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened. (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/7-19.htm">Genesis 7:19</a> The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered. (WEB)<a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Genesis 7:23</a> Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship. (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/8-2.htm">Genesis 8:2</a> The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained. (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Genesis 9:2</a> The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand. (WEB NAS)<a href="/genesis/11-4.htm">Genesis 11:4</a> They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth." (WEB)<a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a> Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be." (WEB)<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a> Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky. 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