Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him - his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.
New American Standard Bible
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
King James Version
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Holman Bible
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.
International Standard Version
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.
A Conservative Version
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
American Standard Version
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Amplified
He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.
Bible in Basic English
He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Darby Translation
He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Julia Smith Translation
He will set darkness his covering; his tent round about him darknesses of waters, thick clouds.
King James 2000
He made darkness his secret place; his canopy round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He made darkness his hiding place; all about him his covering [was] a darkness of waters, {thick clouds}.
Modern King James verseion
He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about him; with dark waters and thick clouds to cover him. {TYNDALE: And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.}
NET Bible
He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
New Heart English Bible
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Webster
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
World English Bible
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Youngs Literal Translation
He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Themes
Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
10 Then he rode on a cherub, and flew, and darted on the wings of the wind; 11 Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him - his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours. 12 Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.
Deuteronomy 4:11
So ye drew near and stood, under the mountain. Now, the mountain, was burning with fire, up to the midst of the heavens, - darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.
Psalm 27:5
For he will hide me in his pavilion, in the day of calamity, - He will conceal me, in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock, will he set me on high.
Psalm 81:7
In distress, thou didst cry, and I delivered thee, - I answered thee, within a hiding-place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalm 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, Under the shadow of the Almighty, will tarry,
Joel 2:2
A day of obscurity and deep gloom, a day of cloud, and thick darkness, as dusk, spread over the mountains, - a people, many and bold, like whom, hath not been from age-past times, and, after whom, shall not be again unto the years of generation after generation.