Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

He will incline the heavens and come down; And darkness 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.

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.

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 went up in his anger, And fire from his mouth shall consume: Coals were kindled from it 10 He will incline the heavens and come down; And darkness under his feet 11 And he will ride upon a cherub and fly: And he will be seen upon the wings of the wind.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then said Solomon, Jehovah spake to dwell in thick clouds.

Psalm 97:2

A cloud and darkness round about him: justice and judgment the preparing of his throne.

Exodus 20:21

And the people will stand from far off, and Moses will draw near to the darkness where God is there.

Psalm 144:5

O Jehovah, incline thy heavens, and thou wilt come down: touch upon the mountains and they shall smoke.

Deuteronomy 4:11

And ye shall come near and shall stand under the mountain; .and the mountain burnt with fire even to the heart of the heavens, darkness, cloud, and gloom.

Psalm 104:3

Framing his upper chambers in the waters: setting the clouds his chariot: going upon the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 64:1-3

Would that thou didst rend the heavens; thou camest down; the mountains flowed from before thee.

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah slow to anger and great of power, and Jehovah acquitting, will not acquit his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and a cloud the dust of his feet

Matthew 27:45

And from the sixth hour, darkness was upon all the earth, even to the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44-45

And it was about the sixth hour, and darkness was upon all the earth till the ninth hour.

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