Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
New American Standard Bible
With thick
King James Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Holman Bible
a dark cloud beneath His feet.
International Standard Version
He bent the sky and descended, and darkness was under his feet.
A Conservative Version
He also bowed the heavens, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
American Standard Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Amplified
He bowed the heavens also and came down;
And thick darkness was under His feet.
Darby Translation
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will incline the heavens and come down: and gloom under his feet
King James 2000
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So he bowed [the] heavens and came down with a thick cloud under his feet.
Modern King James verseion
And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He bowed the heavens, also, and came down, and it was dark under his feet. {TYNDALE: And he bowed heaven and came down, and darkness underneath his feet.}
NET Bible
He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.
New Heart English Bible
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
The Emphasized Bible
Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;
Webster
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
World English Bible
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it. 9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet. 10 And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:22-23
These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.
Deuteronomy 33:26
No other is like the God of Jeshurun, coming on the heavens to your help, and letting his glory be seen in the skies.
2 Samuel 22:10
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Psalm 68:4
Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.
Isaiah 51:6
Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
Joel 3:16
And the Lord will be thundering from Zion, and his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will be shaking: but the Lord will be a breastplate for his people and a strong place for the children of Israel.
Matthew 24:29
But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
Mark 15:33
And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
John 13:7
And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.
Hebrews 12:26
Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.