2 Samuel 22:12

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He made darkness his covering around him, dense clouds of water and thick clouds of the skies.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 22:10 : 10 He parted the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion?
  • Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.
  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For He will hide me in His shelter on the day of trouble. He will conceal me in the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 18:9-13
    5 verses
    94%

    9Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; burning coals blazed forth from Him.

    10He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet.

    11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

    12He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.

    13Out of the brightness of His presence, His clouds advanced, with hailstones and burning coals of fire.

  • 2 Sam 22:9-11
    3 verses
    84%

    9Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed out from him.

    10He parted the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

    11He rode on a cherub and flew; he appeared on the wings of the wind.

  • Job 22:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13But you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through such thick darkness?'

    14Clouds cover Him so He cannot see as He walks on the circle of the heavens.

  • Job 26:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.

    9He covers the face of his throne and spreads his cloud over it.

    10He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  • 2 Sam 22:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth.

    14The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High gave his voice.

    15He shot arrows and scattered them; lightning, and he routed them.

  • Ps 97:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

    3Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries all around.

  • Job 38:9
    79%

    9when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

  • Ps 104:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

    3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot and walks on the wings of the wind.

  • Job 22:11
    79%

    11It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.

  • Job 36:32
    78%

    32He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike its target.

  • Job 37:11
    76%

    11Even with moisture, He loads the thick clouds and scatters His lightning from them.

  • Job 36:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion?

    30Behold, He spreads His light over it and covers the depths of the sea.

  • Jer 10:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

    13At the sound of His thunder, water roars in the heavens. He causes clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of His storehouses.

  • Jer 51:16
    74%

    16When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses.

  • Ps 77:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and trembled; even the depths were shaken.

    18The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

  • Ps 135:7
    73%

    7He brings up clouds from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain and brings out the wind from His storehouses.

  • 1 Kgs 8:12
    73%

    12Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness.'

  • Job 28:26
    73%

    26when He made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

  • Prov 8:28
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    28When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.

  • Job 20:26
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    26Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

  • Job 12:22
    72%

    22He reveals the deep things from darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.

  • Job 10:22
    72%

    22A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

  • Isa 50:3
    72%

    3I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth their covering.

  • Job 37:22
    72%

    22From the north comes golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

  • Job 38:34
    72%

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

  • Job 3:5
    72%

    5Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Job 26:13
    72%

    13By his breath the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

  • Ps 139:12
    72%

    12even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

  • Isa 4:6
    72%

    6It will be a shelter to provide shade in the daytime from the heat, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

  • Ezek 32:8
    72%

    8All the shining lights in the sky I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Ps 148:8
    72%

    8fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy winds obeying His word,

  • Ps 105:39
    72%

    39He spread a cloud as a covering and fire to give light at night.

  • Job 37:18
    72%

    18Can you spread out the skies with Him, as firm as a molten mirror?