Psalms 18:11

In 11 translations

BSB

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

KJV

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

WEB

He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

ASV

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

LSV

He makes darkness His secret place, || Around Him His dwelling place, || Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

YLT

He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

DBY

He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

DRC17:12

And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

GNV

He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.

JPS18:12

He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

LXXE17:12

And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

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WLC18:12

יָ֤שֶׁת חֹ֨שֶׁךְ ׀ סִתְר֗וֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יו סֻכָּת֑וֹ חֶשְׁכַת־מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃KJV:Ps.18.11

LXX-Br17:12

Καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ, κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ, σκοτεινὸν ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
• 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.
• Psalms 81:7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
• Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
• Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
• 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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