2 Samuel 22:10
New International Version
He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.

New Living Translation
He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.

English Standard Version
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

Berean Standard Bible
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

King James Bible
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

New King James Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.

New American Standard Bible
“He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

NASB 1995
“He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

NASB 1977
“He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

Legacy Standard Bible
He bowed the heavens and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

Amplified Bible
“He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

Christian Standard Bible
He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He parted the heavens and came down, a dark cloud beneath His feet.

American Standard Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he bent Heaven and he came down and dark clouds were under his feet

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.

Contemporary English Version
You opened the heavens like curtains, and you came down with storm clouds under your feet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

English Revised Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He spread apart the heavens and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.

Good News Translation
He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet.

International Standard Version
He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under His feet.

Literal Standard Version
And He inclines the heavens and comes down, | And thick darkness [is] under His feet.

Majority Standard Bible
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

New American Bible
He parted the heavens and came down, a dark cloud under his feet.

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

New Revised Standard Version
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

New Heart English Bible
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

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Context
David's Song of Deliverance
9Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. 10He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. 11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.…

Cross References
Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram's horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon declared: "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

Psalm 97:2
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne's foundation.

Nahum 1:3
The 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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

bowed

Psalm 144:5
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Isaiah 64:1-3
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, …

darkness

Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

1 Kings 8:12
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He parted
וַיֵּ֥ט (way·yêṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

the heavens
שָׁמַ֖יִם (šā·ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and came down
וַיֵּרַ֑ד (way·yê·raḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

with dark clouds
וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל (wa·‘ă·rā·p̄el)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6205: Cloud, heavy cloud

beneath
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

His feet.
רַגְלָֽיו׃ (raḡ·lāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda


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