He made darkness a shelter around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- BSB He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
- NKJV He made darkness canopies around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- NASB “He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.
- NLT He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.
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Cross-references · 5
- 2 Sam 22:10He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
- Ps 18:11–12He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Ps 97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Job 36:29Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, and the thunderings of his pavilion?
- Ps 27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
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