2 Samuel 22:10 “He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.”

2 Samuel 22:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He bowed the heauens also, and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.

Darby Translation

And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.

Young's Literal Translation

And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.

Bible in Basic English

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

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Cross references

“bowed”

Psalm 144:5 Isaiah 64:1–3

Psalm 144:5 · BSB

Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Isaiah 64:1–3 · BSB

If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

“darkness”

1 Kings 8:12 Psalm 97:2 Exodus 20:21 Deuteronomy 4:11 Psalm 104:3 Matthew 27:45

1 Kings 8:12 · BSB

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

Psalm 97:2 · BSB

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

Exodus 20:21 · BSB

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Deuteronomy 4:11 · BSB

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

Psalm 104:3 · BSB

laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Matthew 27:45 · BSB

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Also

Nahum 1:3

Nahum 1:3 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

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