Alright I was gone for a bit and there is now a lot for me to reply to.
Firstly; Several individuals have pointed out verses that they claim should not be taken literally. Most of these touch on subjects that have been discussed extensively elsewhere. They are not relevant to the discussion of a flat earth. I will address them only briefly because I do not want to distract from the main discussion again.
MAT 1:16 and LUK 3:23
Was Jacob literally Joseph's dad? Or was Heli literally Josephs dad?
Look Here:
https://answersingenesis.org/bible-timeline/genealogy/whats-in-a-fathers-name/Is Jesus literally one with God or is God literally greater than Jesus?
This is a discussion of the Trinity, it is completely separate from the discussion of a flat Earth. Go google the Trinity if you want to look into this question. Or we can discuss it elsewhere in a thread not about the shape of the earth.
Anyway you get the point I wont talk about all of them, all these questions are addressed by authors many times, and the answers are not relevant to a flat earth.
You can just google them, in fact 'answers in genesis' has addressed many of the issues. Sadly they themselves have been miss-led by the lie of a round earth, and fail to admit how the bible actually describes the earth.
Time zones
Above iWitness depicts the true nature of the world, as described in genesis. The issue of timezones is not an actual issue. The modern flat earth models that allow for timezones can be incorporated with the vaulted ceiling of the heavens as depicted in the bible. This allows for timezones, and the celestial bodies in the heavens circling as described in Genesis.
But again the issue of timezones is somewhat separate from the argument of how the bible describes the earth. Although admittedly not as much as the theology objections.
AusGeoff
Leviticus 20:13 This is also a separate discussion, bringing harmony to the old and new testaments. Jesus' message to love others, and some of the things found in Leviticus. Again millions of trees have died to make the books written on this topic. And it is not relevant to a flat earth. You can look up the works of other authors on the topic.
The order of creation has also been written about extensively. And you can look up those writers commentary. Lets stay on flat earth.
JimmyTheCrab
How we describe things in dreams reflects how we view them to be. The author thought the earth was flat. And you still have not address the other two versus which have the same problem.
I will add some more:
After this, I saw four angels stationed at the four corners [gonia] of the earth holding back the four winds...(Revelation 7:1).”
Also a dream, but the bible talks about the four corners many more times. And this is a prediction of things to come. The earth has corners, meaning it is not round. It may not be a square or rectangle either, but there are corners.
“[H]e brings up the mist from the ends of the earth, he opens rifts for the rain and brings the wind out of his storehouses (Jeremiah 51:16).
Ends, spheres don't have ends.
Isaiah 11:12
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. (KJV)
Job 38:13
13 That it might take hold of the ENDS OF THE EARTH, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? (KJV)
Jeremiah 16:19
19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ENDS OF THE EARTH, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. (KJV)
Daniel 4:11
11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the ENDS OF ALL THE EARTH: (KJV)
Now before you point out this:
"He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. (From the NIV Bible, Isaiah 40:22)"
Let us point out that we already know the earth has ends. Therefore it must be an imperfect circle that has 'corners' or simply peninsulas that extend into the surrounding water. The above also helps support a solid object for the sky, which I will talk about in a moment.
To quote a author:
The Geographical Meaning of Earth Seas in Genesis 1:10
by Paul Seely:
"There is one verse in the OT, however, which has often been cited at least by laymen as a proof that the earth was understood to be a globe. I refer to Isaiah 40:22 which speaks of God as the One sitting above the circle of the earth. This verse does imply that the earth is circular, but there is nothing either in the underlying Hebrew word (hug) or in the context which necessarily implies anything more than the circularity of the flat earth-disc which the historical context and Genesis 1 have given us as the meaning of. If Isaiah had intended to speak of the earth as a globe, he would probably have used the word he used in 22:18 (dur), meaning 'ball.' "
Water above the heavens are clouds:
Vault of heaven is most definitely a solid object. The above versus in genisis as quoted by iWitness describe it as a physical barrier to divide the waters above and below the heaven. Clouds are not above the heavens, they are in the sky.
Aside from that the bible describes the sky as having physical windows to let the water through many times;
Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:2, Isaiah 24:18-19, Jeremiah 51:15-16, and Malachi 3:10 all describe the windows or floodgates of the heavens opening to allow the water to fall down to the earth.
But that aside the describes the sky as a solid obect very clearly. Job 37:18 “...can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?”
The Vault of Heaven Source: (http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/febible.htm)
The vault of heaven is a crucial concept. The word “firmament” appears in the King James version of the Old Testament 17 times, and in each case it is translated from the Hebrew word raqiya, which meant the visible vault of the sky. The word raqiya comes from riqqua, meaning “beaten out.” In ancient times, brass objects were either cast in the form required or beaten into shape on an anvil. A good craftsman could beat a lump of cast brass into a thin bowl. Thus, Elihu asks Job, “Can you beat out [raqa] the vault of the skies, as he does, hard as a mirror of cast metal (Job 37:18)?”
Elihu's question shows that the Hebrews considered the vault of heaven a solid, physical object. Such a large dome would be a tremendous feat of engineering. The Hebrews (and supposedly Yahweh Himself) considered it exactly that, and this point is hammered home by five scriptures:
Job 9:8, “...who by himself spread out the heavens [shamayim]...”
Psalm 19:1, “The heavens [shamayim] tell out the glory of God, the vault of heaven [raqiya] reveals his handiwork.”
Psalm 102:25, “...the heavens [shamayim] were thy handiwork.”
Isaiah 45:12, “I, with my own hands, stretched out the heavens [shamayim] and caused all their host to shine...”
Isaiah 48:13, “...with my right hand I formed the expanse of the sky [shamayim]...”
If these verses are about a mere illusion of a vault, they are surely much ado about nothing. Shamayim comes from shameh, a root meaning to be lofty. It literally means the sky. Other passages complete the picture of the sky as a lofty, physical dome. God “sits throned on the vaulted roof of earth [chuwg], whose inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the skies [shamayim] like a curtain, he spreads them out like a tent to live in...[Isaiah 40:22].” Chuwg literally means “circle” or “encompassed.” By extension, it can mean roundness, as in a rounded dome or vault. Job 22:14 says God “walks to and fro on the vault of heaven [chuwg].” In both verses, the use of chuwg implies a physical object, on which one can sit and walk. Likewise, the context in both cases requires elevation. In Isaiah, the elevation causes the people below to look small as grasshoppers. In Job, God's eyes must penetrate the clouds to view the doings of humans below. Elevation is also implied by Job 22:12: “Surely God is at the zenith of the heavens [shamayim] and looks down on all the stars, high as they are.”
This picture of the cosmos is reinforced by Ezekiel's vision. The Hebrew word raqiya appears five times in Ezekiel, four times in Ezekiel 1:22-26 and once in Ezekiel 10:1. In each case the context requires a literal vault or dome. The vault appears above the “living creatures” and glitters “like a sheet of ice.” Above the vault is a throne of sapphire (or lapis lazuli). Seated on the throne is “a form in human likeness,” which is radiant and “like the appearance of the glory of the Lord.” In short, Ezekiel saw a vision of God sitting throned on the vault of heaven, as described in Isaiah 40:22.
The bible leaves no question, the earth is flat. And the sky is a physical object which covers it.