David’s Song of Deliverance
2 Samuel 22:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
- KJV
- He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
- WEB
- He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
- ASV
- He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
- LSV
- And He inclines the heavens and comes down, || And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
- YLT
- And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
- DBY
- And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.
- DRC
- He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
- GNV
- He bowed the heauens also, and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.
- JPS
- He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
- LXXE
- And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֵּ֥ט שָׁמַ֖יִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἔκλινεν οὐρανοὺς καὶ κατέβη, καὶ γνόφος ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.
Who and where
◆ Reign of David
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
- Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
- Exodus 20:21And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
- Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- Isaiah 64:1–3If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations…
- Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
- Psalms 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
- Luke 23:44–45It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
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