2 Samuel 22:10

And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.

11And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:21And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is].

1 Kings 8:12Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;

Psalms 104:3Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

Isaiah 63:19We have been from of old, Thou hast not ruled over them, Not called is Thy name upon them!

Nahum 1:3Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest [is] His way, And a cloud [is] the dust of His feet.

Luke 23:44And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land 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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