2 Samuel 22:12

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made darkness a canopy around him,a gathering of water and thick clouds.

Hebrew Names Version
He made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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

Lexham English Bible
He put darkness as a canopy all around him, a collection of thick rain clouds.

English Standard Version
He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

New Century Version
He made darkness his shelter, surrounded by fog and clouds.

New English Translation
He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

Amplified Bible
"He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

New American Standard Bible
"He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee made darkenesse a Tabernacle round about him, euen the gatherings of waters, and the cloudes of the ayre.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He made darkness canopies around Him,A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Contemporary English Version
Darkness was your tent! Thunderclouds filled the sky, hiding you from sight.

Complete Jewish Bible
He made darkness his canopy around him, thick clouds in the skies dense with water.

Darby Translation
And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Easy-to-Read Version
He wrapped himself in darkness that covered him like a tent. He was hidden by dark clouds filled with water.

George Lamsa Translation
And he made darkness his pavilion round about him, the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Good News Translation
He covered himself with darkness; thick clouds, full of water, surrounded him;

Literal Translation
And He made darkness pavilions all around Him, the gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He made darknes his pauylion rounde aboute him, thicke water in the cloudes of ye ayre.

American Standard Version
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Bible in Basic English
And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He made darknes a tabernacle rounde about him: with waters gathered together in thicke cloudes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

King James Version (1611)
And hee made darkenesse pauilions round about him, darke waters, and thicke clouds of the skies.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

English Revised Version
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Berean Standard Bible
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He puttide derknessis hidyng place in his cumpas, and riddlide watris fro the cloudis of heuenes;

Young's Literal Translation
And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.

Update Bible Version
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he made darkness pavilions around him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.

World English Bible
He made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

New King James Version
He made darkness canopies around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

New Living Translation
He shrouded himself in darkness, veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.

New Life Bible
He made darkness around Him his tent, gathering waters, and clouds of the sky.

New Revised Standard
He made darkness around him a canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And made of the darkness around him, pavilions, - gathering of waters, clouds of vapours.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.

Revised Standard Version
He made darkness around him his canopy, thick clouds, a gathering of water.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.

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

made: 2 Samuel 22:10, Psalms 18:11, Psalms 18:12, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 97:2

dark waters: Heb. binding waters

Reciprocal: Psalms 18:10 - rode Psalms 144:6 - Cast forth

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'"

Genesis 22:2
He said, "Take your dear son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll point out to you."

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 22:8
Abraham said, "Son, God will see to it that there's a sheep for the burnt offering." And they kept on walking together.

Genesis 22:9
They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.

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 22:13
Abraham looked up. He saw a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Genesis 22:24
His concubine, Reumah, gave him four more children: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Genesis 42:18
On the third day, Joseph spoke to them. "Do this and you'll live. I'm a God-fearing man. If you're as honest as you say you are, one of your brothers will stay here in jail while the rest of you take the food back to your hungry families. But you have to bring your youngest brother back to me, confirming the truth of your speech—and not one of you will die." They agreed.

Exodus 20:20
Moses spoke to the people: "Don't be afraid. God has come to test you and instill a deep and reverent awe within you so that you won't sin."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters,

[and] thick clouds of the skies. :-.