And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
The firmament-arch has no key-stone; least of all, is man its prop.
All the rest of the world regarded as Gods those luminous bodies that blaze in the firmament, offered them sacrifices, bowed down before them, and raised neither their souls nor their worship above the visible heavens.
So the Cherubim, according to Clemens and Philo, represented the two hemispheres: their wings, the rapid course of the firmament, and of time which revolves in the Zodiac.
Further, time is the measure of the firmament's movement; and the firmament is said to have been made on the second day.
For the question of the firmament, said to have been made on the second day, is solved in one way by Augustine, and in another by other holy writers.
If the movement of the firmament did not begin immediately from the beginning, then the time that preceded was the measure, not of the firmament's movement, but of the first movement of whatsoever kind.
The word sun is in Scripture taken divers ways; sometimes for the true and natural sun in the firmament; sometimes again for persecution, and the rage of the enemy, &c.
The Prince's armour was all of gold, and it shone like the sun in the firmament.
Take away the moon, and the night is doubtful; or though the moon be in the firmament, if she hath lost her light, the night is not thereby made more comfortable.
There are crowns of glory to be given us, and garments that will make us shine like the sun in the firmament of Heaven!
Where are then the bright fancies, that, amid the great stillness of the night, arise like stars in the firmament of our souls?
Her form arose, like a tremulous evening star, in the firmament of his soul.
They who in heaven are enthroned as gods, in the light of the firmament; with the Maruts come hither, O Agni!
O Maruts, you shake the red apple from the firmament, whose splendor no enemy can touch; the hamlets bowed when the Maruts blazed, and the pious people intoned their far-reaching shout.
Strong in themselves, they grew with might; they stepped to the firmament, they made their seat wide.
That white umbrella held upon the car looked beautiful like a star-decked white cloud in the firmament.
The firmament is occupied by thy head, and the earth by thy feet.
Gladdening that great host, the divine Chandramas rose before it in the firmament, once more inspiring with moisture, by his own force, the terrestrial herbs and plants whose juice had been sucked up by the Sun.
But our state will be far more altered than any of these in the days when we, like so many suns in the firmament of heaven, arise out of the heart and bowels of the earth.
They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever" (Dan 12:3).
The moon and stars shine high in the firmament, and the Genii of Nights are saluted in the still hours with blood!
The dull clouds, monotonous in colour and form, hid all beauty in the firmament, and shed heavy darkness on the earth.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "the firmament" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
