King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
Complete Jewish Bible:
He lowered heaven and came down with thick darkness under his feet.
Berean Standard Bible:
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
American Standard Version:
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
He bowed{H5186} the heavens{H8064} also, and came down{H3381}; and darkness{H6205} was under his feet{H7272}.
Cross-References (KJV):
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].
Luke 23:44
- ¶ And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Luke 23:45
- And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
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.
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Commentary for 2 Samuel 22:10
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5186
There are 207 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָטָה
Transliteration: nâṭâh
Pronunciation: naw-taw'
Description: a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. - Strong's Number: H8064
There are 395 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם
Transliteration: shâmayim
Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim
Description: dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s). - Strong's Number: H3381
There are 344 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָרַד
Transliteration: yârad
Pronunciation: yaw-rad'
Description: a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down. - Strong's Number: H6205
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עֲרָפֶל
Transliteration: ʻărâphel
Pronunciation: ar-aw-fel'
Description: probably from עָרַף; gloom (as of a lowering sky); (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness). - Strong's Number: H7272
There are 232 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֶגֶל
Transliteration: regel
Pronunciation: reh'-gel
Description: from רָגַל; a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda; [idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.