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The NET Bible®

2 Samuel 22:10

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Darkness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Heaven;   Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Poetry;   Salvation, Saviour;   Samuel, Books of;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel first and second books of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Feet (under);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Shekinah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He bent the heavens and came down,total darkness beneath his feet.
Hebrew Names Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet.
King James Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Lexham English Bible
He bowed the heavens and came down; a very thick cloud was under his feet.
English Standard Version
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
New Century Version
He tore open the sky and came down with dark clouds under his feet.
Amplified Bible
"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
New American Standard Bible
"He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He bowed the heauens also, and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.
Legacy Standard Bible
He bowed the heavens and came downWith thick darkness under His feet.
Contemporary English Version
You opened the heavens like curtains, and you came down with storm clouds under your feet.
Complete Jewish Bible
He lowered heaven and came down with thick darkness under his feet.
Darby Translation
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.
Easy-to-Read Version
He tore open the sky and came down. He stood on a thick, dark cloud.
George Lamsa Translation
He bowed the heavens and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Good News Translation
He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet.
Literal Translation
And He bowed the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under His feet.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He bowed the heauens and came downe, and it was darke vnder his fete.
American Standard Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Bible in Basic English
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he bowed heauen & came downe: and there was darkenesse vnder his feete.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
King James Version (1611)
Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feete.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.
English Revised Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet.
Berean Standard Bible
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bowide heuenes, and cam doun; and myist vndur hise feet.
Young's Literal Translation
And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
Update Bible Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Webster's Bible Translation
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
World English Bible
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet.
New King James Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
New Living Translation
He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
New Life Bible
He tore open the heavens and came down, with darkness under His feet.
New Revised Standard
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;
Douay-Rheims Bible
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Revised Standard Version
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

Contextual Overview

2 He said: "The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. 3 My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence! 4 I called to the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and I was delivered from my enemies. 5 The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me. 6 The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me. 7 In my distress I called to the Lord ; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. 8 The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry. 9 Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals. 10 He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet. 11 He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bowed: Psalms 144:5, Isaiah 64:1-3

darkness: Exodus 20:21, Deuteronomy 4:11, 1 Kings 8:12, Psalms 97:2, Psalms 104:3, Matthew 27:45, Luke 23:44, Luke 23:45

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:12 - made Psalms 18:9 - He bowed

Cross-References

Genesis 22:6
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:12
"Do not harm the boy!" the angel said. "Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me."
Genesis 22:17
I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.
Genesis 22:21
Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
Genesis 22:23
(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham's brother Nahor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet. :-.


 
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