Psalm 18:9 “He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.”

Psalm 18:9

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 the heavens, 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

“He bowed”

Psalm 144:5–15 Deuteronomy 33:26 2 Samuel 22:10 2 Peter 3:10 Joel 3:16 Matthew 24:29

Psalm 144:5–15 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 33:26 · BSB

“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.

2 Samuel 22:10 · BSB

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

2 Peter 3:10 · BSB

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Joel 3:16 · BSB

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Matthew 24:29 · BSB

Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ’

“darkness”

Mark 15:33 John 13:7 Deuteronomy 5:22 Deuteronomy 5:23

Mark 15:33 · BSB

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

John 13:7 · BSB

Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

Deuteronomy 5:22 · BSB

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them t…

Deuteronomy 5:23 · BSB

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

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

In context

8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

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