2 Samuel 22:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.”

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BSBPD

“He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> under His feet.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:10 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:21And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
  3. 1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
  4. Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
  5. Psalms 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
  6. Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
  7. Isaiah 63:19We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
  8. Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
  9. Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
  10. Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
  11. Luke 23:44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

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