Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

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

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.

Bible in Basic English

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark 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 Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it. 10 He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet. 11 He rode on a cherub and flew, soaring on the wings of the wind!


Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.

Psalm 97:2

Thick clouds are all around him; righteousness and justice are his throne's foundation.

Exodus 20:21

Then the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

Psalm 144:5

Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.

Deuteronomy 4:11

"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 64:1-3

If only you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD's path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.

Matthew 27:45

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Luke 23:44-45

It was already about noon, and the whole land became dark until three in the afternoon

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