Genesis 1:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:6 —

Old words in this verse

firmament: — the sky, the expanse above.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 51:15
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
Job 26:7-8
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. …
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Job 37:18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Jeremiah 10:12-13
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. …

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Creation Earth Firmament Geology God Guidance

Commentary

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. firmament--an expanse--a beating out as a plate of metal: a name given to the atmosphere from its appearing to an observer to be the vault of heaven, supporting the weight of the watery clouds. By the creation of an atmosphere, the lighter parts of the waters which overspread the earth’s surface were drawn up and suspended in the visible heavens, while the larger and heavier mass remained below…