2 Samuel 22:10

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

11And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:21And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

Psalms 104:3The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

Isaiah 63:19We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.

Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Luke 23:44And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51

David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →

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