2 Samuel 22 · Verse 12

2 Samuel 22:12

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

2 Samuel 22:12, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:12 in other translations

BSB	He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
WEB	He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
ASV	And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
YLT	And He setteth darkness Round about Him--tabernacles, Darkness of waters--thick clouds of the skies.
DARBY	And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
BBE	And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Webster	And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

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.

וַיָּ֥שֶׁתvai.Ya.shetand he putH7896

חֹ֛שֶׁךְCho.shekhdarknessH2822

סְבִיבֹתָ֖יוse.vi.vo.Tavaround himH5439

סֻכּ֑וֹתsu.KotsheltersH5521

חַֽשְׁרַת\־chash.rat-a sieve ofH2841

מַ֖יִםMa.yimwatersH4325

עָבֵ֥י'a.Veidark clouds ofH5645

שְׁחָקִֽים\׃she.cha.KimcloudsH7834

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Psalms 18:11-12
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
Job 36:29
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Psalms 27:5
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

made.
10; Ps 18:11,12; 27:5; 97:2
dark waters. Heb. binding waters.

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2 Samuel 22:11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
2 Samuel 22:12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2 Samuel 22:13
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Puso tinieblas alrededor de sí á modo de pabellones; aguas negras y espesas nubes.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il mit autour de lui les ténèbres pour tente, des amas d’eaux, d’épaisses nuées de l’air.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Finsternis machte er rings um sich her zum Gezelt, Sammlung der Wasser, dichtes Himmelsgewölk.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Posuit tenebras in circuitu suo latibulum, cribrans aquas de nubibus cælorum.