2 Samuel 22:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then 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;
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.
  • Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
  • Ps 144:5 : 5 Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.
  • Isa 64:1-3 : 1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you; 2 While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past. 3 The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The 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.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
  • Luke 23:44-45 : 44 And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour; 45 The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.
  • Deut 4:11 : 11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
  • Ps 104:3 : 3 The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

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  • Ps 18:8-13
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    8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

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

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

    11 He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

    12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

    13 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

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

    12 And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

    13 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

    14 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

    15 And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

  • 2 Sam 22:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8 Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

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

  • 5 Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

    14 Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

  • Mic 1:3-4
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    3 For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

    4 And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

  • 9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

  • Hab 3:3-5
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    3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.

    4 He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.

    5 Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet.

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2 You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

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

  • Ps 97:2-4
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    2 Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

    3 Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

    4 His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

  • 3 The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

  • 1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;

  • Ps 77:17-18
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    71%

    17 The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.

    18 The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

  • 11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

  • 1 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

  • 13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

  • 23 And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

  • 9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

  • 32 He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

  • 5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

  • 8 By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

  • 11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • 6 May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

  • 22 A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

  • 8 The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

  • 4 Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

  • 10 The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.

  • 18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

  • 6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

  • 3 By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.

  • 3 He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.

  • 25 And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.