Parallel Verses

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.

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.

References

Context Readings

Praise For Deliverance

10 He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.

Cross References

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Deuteronomy 4:11

You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.

Psalm 27:5

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.

Psalm 81:7

“You called in trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Joel 2:2

A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a great and mighty people;
There has never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.

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