0 The Bible: Topics: Firmament

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose Genesis 19:33

Trivia: Who told the first lie in the Bible?

The firmament

In the Bible, the firmament is a solid, dome-shaped structure in which the stars were placed. It separated the waters below from the waters above. Windows in the firmament were opened whenever it rained.

Verses in the KJV that refer to the firmament:
Genesis 1:6-8, 1:14-15, 1:17, 1:20
Psalm 19:1, 150:1
Ezekiel 1:22-26, 10:1
Daniel 12:3

Copyright © 1999-2026
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible

Send comments to Steve Wells
at swwells(at)gmail.com