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Young's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 22:10

And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] 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.
New English Translation
He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was 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.
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 and he saith: `Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me, 3 My God [is] my rock -- I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me! 4 The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved. 5 When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me, 6 The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death. 7 In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry [is] in His ears, 8 And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath! 9 Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it. 10 And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet. 11 And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen 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
And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.
Genesis 22:12
and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'
Genesis 22:17
that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 22:19
And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba.
Genesis 22:21
Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram,
Genesis 22:23
and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;' these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham's brother;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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


 
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