2 Samuel 22:10

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He bent the heavens and came down,total darkness beneath his feet.

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

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

Lexham English Bible
He bowed the heavens and came down; a very thick cloud was under his feet.

English Standard Version
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

New Century Version
He tore open the sky and came down with dark clouds under his feet.

New English Translation
He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

Amplified Bible
"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

New American Standard Bible
"He also bowed the heavens down low, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He bowed the heauens also, and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.

Legacy Standard Bible
He bowed the heavens and came downWith thick darkness under His feet.

Contemporary English Version
You opened the heavens like curtains, and you came down with storm clouds under your feet.

Complete Jewish Bible
He lowered heaven and came down with thick darkness under his feet.

Darby Translation
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.

Easy-to-Read Version
He tore open the sky and came down. He stood on a thick, dark cloud.

George Lamsa Translation
He bowed the heavens and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

Good News Translation
He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet.

Literal Translation
And He bowed the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under His feet.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He bowed the heauens and came downe, and it was darke vnder his fete.

American Standard Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Bible in Basic English
The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he bowed heauen & came downe: and there was darkenesse vnder his feete.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.

King James Version (1611)
Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feete.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and there was darkness under his feet.

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

Berean Standard Bible
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bowide heuenes, and cam doun; and myist vndur hise feet.

Young's Literal Translation
And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.

Update Bible Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

Webster's Bible Translation
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

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

New King James Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.

New Living Translation
He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.

New Life Bible
He tore open the heavens and came down, with darkness under His feet.

New Revised Standard
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down, - and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Revised Standard Version
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.

Contextual Overview

² God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bowed: Psalms 144:5, Isaiah 64:1-3

darkness: Exodus 20:21, Deuteronomy 4:11, 1 Kings 8:12, Psalms 97:2, Psalms 104:3, Matthew 27:45, Luke 23:44, Luke 23:45

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:12 - made Psalms 18:9 - He bowed

Cross-References

Genesis 22:6
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and gave it to Isaac his son to carry. He carried the flint and the knife. The two of them went off together.

Genesis 22:12
"Don't lay a hand on that boy! Don't touch him! Now I know how fearlessly you fear God; you didn't hesitate to place your son, your dear son, on the altar for me."

Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham went back to his young servants. They got things together and returned to Beersheba. Abraham settled down in Beersheba.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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