Job 22:14

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NRSV

14 Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see,
    and he walks on the dome of heaven.’           (NRSV)

KJV

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.          (KJV)

"Heaven" here is שָׁמַ֗יִם Shamayim.
"Dome" or "circuit" is חוּג — also occurs in Proverbs 8:27 ("circle" or "compass") and Isaiah 40:22 ("circle").
See The Firmament

Bruce