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Bible in Basic English

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He parted the heavens and came down,
a dark cloud beneath His feet.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

He will incline the heavens and come down; And darkness under his feet

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

He bowed the heavens and came down; a very thick cloud [was] under his feet.

Modern King James verseion

He bowed the heavens also, and came down. And darkness was under His feet.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he bowed heaven and came down, and darkness underneath his feet.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

also, and came down
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

and darkness
ערפל 
`araphel 
Usage: 16

References

Context Readings

The Victory Song Of David

9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it. 10 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet. 11 And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

Psalm 97:2

Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

Exodus 20:21

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

Deuteronomy 4:11

And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

Psalm 104:3

The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

Isaiah 64:1-3

O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you,

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44-45

And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

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