Parallel Verses

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.

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 You breathed out smoke. Scorching heat and fiery flames spewed from your mouth. 10 “He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.
11 You rode on the angels as you flew. You soared on the wings of the wind.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Solomon prayed: Jehovah, you have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

Exodus 20:21

But the people continued to stand at a distance. Only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.

Psalm 144:5

Bow down your heavens, O Jehovah, and come down. Touch the mountains that they may smoke.

Deuteronomy 4:11

Tell your children how you went close and stood at the foot of the mountain covered with thick clouds of dark smoke and fire blazing up to the sky.

Psalm 104:3

You lay the beams of your upper chambers in the waters. You make the clouds your chariot. You walk upon the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 64:1-3

O that you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence.

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power! He will by no means reprieve the guilty (leave them unpunished). Jehovah has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm. The clouds are the dust of his feet.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44-45

It was about the sixth hour. Darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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