Parallel Verses
King James Version
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
New American Standard Bible
Darkness of waters, 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.
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 rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalm 81:7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalm 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.