2 Samuel 22:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he made darkness canopies around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

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  • 2 Sam 22:10 : 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent?
  • Ps 18:11-12 : 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.

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  • Ps 18:9-13
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    94%

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

    10 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.

    11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

    12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

    13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.

  • 2 Sam 22:9-11
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    84%

    9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

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

    11 And he rode upon a cherub, and flew: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13 And you say, 'How does God know? Can He judge through the dense cloud?

    14 Thick clouds are a covering to Him, so that He does not see; and He walks on the circuit of heaven.'

  • Job 26:8-10
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    8 He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

    9 He holds back the face of His throne and spreads His cloud upon it.

    10 He has encircled the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  • 2 Sam 22:13-15
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    13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

    14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

    15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and defeated them.

  • Ps 97:2-3
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    79%

    2 Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

    3 A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies all around.

  • Job 38:9
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    9 When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2 Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:

    3 Who lays the beams of His chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds His chariot: who walks upon the wings of the wind:

  • Job 22:11
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    11 Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

  • Job 36:32
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    32 With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.

  • Job 37:11
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    11 Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud.

  • Job 36:29-30
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    29 Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent?

    30 Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea.

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

    13 When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

  • Jer 51:16
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    16 When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings with rain, and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.

  • Ps 77:17-18
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    17 The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also went abroad.

    18 The voice of Your thunder was in the heavens; the lightnings illuminated the world; the earth trembled and shook.

  • Ps 135:7
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    7 He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries.

  • 1 Kgs 8:12
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    12 Then Solomon spoke: The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

  • Job 28:26
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    26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a path for the lightning of the thunder,

  • Prov 8:28
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    28 When he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep,

  • Job 20:26
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    26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent.

  • Job 12:22
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    22 He reveals deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

  • Job 10:22
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    22 A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • Isa 50:3
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    3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

  • Job 37:22
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    22 Fair weather comes out of the north; with God is awesome majesty.

  • Job 38:34
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    34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?

  • Job 3:5
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    5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Job 26:13
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    13 By His spirit He has adorned the heavens; His hand has formed the crooked serpent.

  • Ps 139:12
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    12 Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  • Job 41:32
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    32 He makes a path shine after him; one would think the deep to have white hair.

  • Isa 4:6
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    6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.

  • Ezek 32:8
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    8 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.

  • Ps 148:8
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    8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His word;

  • Ps 105:39
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    39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

  • Job 37:18
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    18 Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and like a molten mirror?