2 Samuel 22:12
What does 2 Samuel 22:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And He setteth darkness Round about Him--tabernacles, Darkness of waters--thick clouds of the skies.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
- Psalms 18:11
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Job 36:29
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
- Psalms 27:5
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
- Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
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