2 Samuel 22 · Verse 10

2 Samuel 22:10

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
2 Samuel 22:10, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:10 in other translations

BSBHe parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
WEBHe bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
ASVHe bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
YLTAnd He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.
DARBYAnd he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.
BBEThe heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
WebsterHe bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

2 Samuel 22:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֥טvai.Yetand he bowedH5186
שָׁמַ֖יִםsha.Ma.yim[the] heavensH8064
וַיֵּרַ֑דvai.ye.Radand he came downH3381
וַעֲרָפֶ֖לva.'a.ra.Feland thick darknessH6205
תַּ֥חַתTa.chat[was] underH8478
רַגְלָֽיו\׃rag.Lavfeet hisH7272

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:10

  • 1 Kings 8:12

    Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

  • Psalms 97:2

    Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  • Psalms 144:5

    Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

  • Exodus 20:21

    And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

  • Psalms 104:3

    Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

  • Nahum 1:3

    The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

  • 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.

  • Luke 23:44-45

    And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

  • Isaiah 64:1-3

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

  • Matthew 27:45

    Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bowed.
Ps 144:5; Isa 64:1-3
darkness.
Ex 20:21; De 4:11; 1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2; 104:3; Mt 27:45; Lu 23:44,45

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:9

    There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

  • 2 Samuel 22:10

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

  • 2 Samuel 22:11

    And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

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2 Samuel 22:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y abajó los cielos, y descendió: una oscuridad debajo de sus pies.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il abaissa les cieux, et descendit; et il y avait une obscurité profonde sous ses pieds.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er neigte die Himmel und fuhr hernieder, und Dunkel war unter seinen Füßen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Inclinavit cælos, et descendit: et caligo sub pedibus ejus.