2 Samuel 22:10
Good News Translation
He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet.

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

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

New American Bible
He parted the heavens and came down, a dark cloud under his feet.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

bowed

Psalm 144:5 Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Isaiah 64:1-3 O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence. . . .

darkness

Exodus 20:21 And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

Deuteronomy 4:11 And you came to the foot of the mount, which burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness, and a cloud and obscurity in it.

1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.

Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

Psalm 104:3 Who coverest the higher rooms thereof with water. Who makest the clouds thy chariot: who walkest upon the wings of the winds.

Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour.

Luke 23:44,45 And it was almost the sixth hour: and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. . . .

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
9A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it. 10He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.11And he rode upon the cherubims, and flew: and slid upon the wings of the wind.…
Cross References
Exodus 19:16
And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud; and the people that was in the camp, feared.

1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.

Psalm 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

Nahum 1:3
The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty. The Lord's ways are in a tempest, and a whirlwind, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

2 Samuel 22:9
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