2 Samuel 22:10
You tore open the sky and came down; there was a thick dark cloud under your feet.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:21Then, as the people watched from a distance, Moses/I went close to the black cloud where God was.
1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon prayed this: “Yahweh, you have placed the sun in the sky, but you have decided that you would live in very dark clouds.
Psalms 104:3You made/put your home in heaven, above the rain clouds in the sky, like a man puts the rafters of his house in place [MET]. You made/caused the clouds to be like chariots to carry you.
Isaiah 63:19Now it seems as though we never were ruled by you, as though we were never part of your family [MTY].
Nahum 1:3Yahweh does not quickly become angry; but he is very powerful, and he will certainly punish [LIT] those who have done evil things [MTY]. He shows his power by sending whirlwinds and storms, and clouds are like [MET] the dust stirred up by his feet.
Luke 23:44Then it was about noontime. It became dark over the whole land, and it stayed dark until three o’clock in the afternoon.
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 →