Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He will set darkness his covering; his tent round about him darknesses of waters, thick clouds.
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.
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.
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 And he will ride upon a cherub, and will fly: and he will fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He will set darkness his covering; his tent round about him darknesses of waters, thick clouds. 12 From the brightness before him the clouds passed over, hail and coals of fire.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 97:2
A cloud and darkness round about him: justice and judgment the preparing of his throne.
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 27:5
For he will hide me in the booth in the day of evil: he will cover me with the covering of his tent; he will lift me up upon a rock.
Psalm 81:7
Thou calledst in straits, and I will deliver thee; I will answer thee in the hiding place of thunder. I will prove thee at the water of strife. Silence.
Psalm 91:1
He dwelling in the covering of the Most High, in the shadow of the Almighty shall he lodge.
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and of thick darkness; a day of cloud and gloom as the morning spread upon the mountains: great and strong people; the like to him was not from forever, and after him there shall not be added even to the years of generation and generation.