Verse 11

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han red på en kerub og fløy, ja, han svevet på vindens vinger.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt skjul, en paviljong rundt seg, mørke vann og tykke skyer på himlene.

• Norsk King James

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt hemmelige sted; hans paviljong rundt ham var dype vannstrømmer og tykke skyer fra himmelen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han red på kjerub og fløy, han svevde på vindens vinger.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han red på en kerub og fløy, han svevde på vindens vinger.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt skjul; sitt telt rundt ham besto av mørke vann og tette skyer på himmelen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt skjulested, og rundt ham lå mørkt vann og tette skyer fra himmelen.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt skjul; sitt telt rundt ham besto av mørke vann og tette skyer på himmelen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han fløy på en kjerub og svevde, han suste fram på vindens vinger.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han red på en kjerub og fløy, Han svevde på vindens vinger.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han foer paa Cherub og fløi; og han fløi (hasteligen) paa Veirets Vinger.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt skjulested; et telt rundt ham, mørke vann og tykk skyer i himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt skjul, sitt paviljong rundt seg, mørke skyer og tykke skyer av himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han gjorde mørket til sitt hemmelige sted, vannets mørke og himmelens skyer rundt seg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Mørke gjorde han til sitt skjul, sitt telt rundt seg, mørke av vann, tykke skyer på himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han pakket seg inn i mørket som sitt skjulested; som sitt telt omkring ham var de mørke vannene og de tykke skyene i himmelen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He made darcknesse his pauylion rounde aboute hi, with darcke water & thicke cloudes to couer him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
• Deut 4:11 : 11 And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
• 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.
• Ps 81:7 : 7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
• Ps 91:1 : 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• Joel 2:2 : 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.