Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 out of his nostrils, and consuming fire out of his mouth, that coals were kindled of him. 10 And he bowed heaven and came down, and darkness underneath his feet. 11 And he rode upon Cherub and flew: and appeared upon the wings of the wind.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then spake Solomon, "The LORD said that he would dwell in darkness.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the thick cloud where God was.

Psalm 144:5

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke withal.

Deuteronomy 4:11

ye came and stood also under the hill, and the hill burnt with fire: even unto the midst of heaven, and there was darkness, clouds and mist.

Psalm 104:3

who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds thy chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 64:1-3

O that thou wouldest cleave the heaven in sunder, and come down: that the mountains might melt away at thy presence,

Nahum 1:3

The LORD suffereth long, he is of great power, and so innocent that he leaveth no man faultless before him. The LORD goeth forth in tempest and stormy weather; the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Matthew 27:45

From the sixth hour, was there darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44-45

And it was about the sixth hour. And there came a darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour,

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