He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Parallel translations
- KJV He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- BSB He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
- NKJV He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
- NASB He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds.
- NLT He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
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Cross-references · 6
- Ps 97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Deut 4:11You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
- Ps 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Ps 81:7You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.
- 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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