Topic
Sky
23 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 33:26ISBE
¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- 2 Samuel 22:12ISBE
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- Job 35:5ISBE
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Job 36:28ISBE
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
- Job 37:18ISBE
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
- Job 37:21ISBE
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
- Psalms 18:11ISBE
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 36:5ISBE
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
- Psalms 57:10ISBE
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- Psalms 68:34ISBE
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
- Psalms 77:1ISBE
I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
- Psalms 78:23ISBE
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
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- Psalms 89:6 ISBE
- Psalms 89:37 ISBE
- Psalms 108:4 ISBE
- Proverbs 3:20 ISBE
- Proverbs 8:28 ISBE
- Isaiah 45:8 ISBE
- Jeremiah 51:9 ISBE
- Matthew 16:2 ISBE
- Matthew 16:3 ISBE
- Luke 12:56 ISBE
- Hebrews 11:12 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 23 references
ski (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 Job 35:5; 36:28; 37:21; Ps 36:5; 57:10; 68:34; 78:23; 108:4; Pr 3:20; 8:28, in which passages BDB supports the rendering of King James Version. In Ps 89:6,37 Revised Version (British and American) has "sky" for King James Version "heaven." English Versions has "sky" in De 33:26; 2Sa 22:12; Job 37:18; Ps 18:11; 77:1; Isa 45:8; Jer 51:9. 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 Mt 16:2,3; Lu 12:56. In Heb 11:12 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.
Alfred Ely Day
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.