2 Samuel 22:12

In 11 translations

BSB

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

KJV

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.dark…: Heb. binding of waters

WEB

He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

ASV

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

LSV

And He sets darkness around Him [for His] dwelling places, || Darkness of waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

YLT

And He setteth darkness Round about Him — tabernacles, Darkness of waters — thick clouds of the skies.

DBY

And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

DRC

He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.

GNV

And hee made darkenesse a Tabernacle round about him, euen the gatherings of waters, and the cloudes of the ayre.

JPS

And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

LXXE

And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

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WLC

וַיָּ֥שֶׁת חֹ֛שֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו סֻכּ֑וֹת חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ· κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ σκότος ὑδάτων, ἐπάχυνεν ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 36:29Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
• 2 Samuel 22:10He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
• Psalms 18:11–12He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him. From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
• Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

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