Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.

New American Standard Bible

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
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

He made darkness His hiding place,
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him - his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.

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.

References

Context Readings

Praise For Deliverance

10 He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds. 12 The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire.


Cross References

Psalm 97:2

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

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 27:5

For he will conceal me in his shelter on the day of evil; He will hide me in a secluded chamber within his tent; He will place me on a high rock.

Psalm 81:7

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

Psalm 91:1

The one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, who rests in the shadow of the Almighty,

Joel 2:2

A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."

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