He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Exodus 20:21 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
- Psalms 144:5 Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
- Deuteronomy 4:11 You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Psalms 104:3 He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
- Isaiah 64:1-3 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence. As when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence! When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
- Nahum 1:3 Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 23:44-45 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain So it seemeth when the air is dark.
So it seemeth when the air is dark.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He sent from above, he took me; he drew…
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. See Gill on Psa 18:16.
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2 Samuel 22:18
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sa2 22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. See Gill on Psa 18:17.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Bows down the heavens — Bent down the…
10. Bows down the heavens — Bent down the firmament so as to form a broad descending way for his coming.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. He bowed the heavens] The dark canopy of…
10. He bowed the heavens] The dark canopy of storm cloud, which is the pavement under His feet (Nah_1:3), lowers as He descends to judgment. God is said to come down when He manifests His power in the world (Gen_11:7; Gen_18:21; Isa_64:1). Darkness symbolizes the mystery and terror of His Advent (Exo_19:16; Exo_20:21; 1Ki_8:12; Psa_97:2).
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain He bowed the heavens also and came down.
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He bowed the heavens also and came down.
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Jesus announced
In 1808 there was a meeting of the Emperors of France and Russia at Erfurt. There were distinguished men there from other lands. It was so arranged that when any of the Emperors arrived at the door of the reception-room the drum should beat three times; but when a lesser dignitary should come, then the drum would sound but twice. After a while the people in the audience-chamber heard two taps of the drum. They said, A prince is coming. But after a while there were three taps, and they cried, The Emperor! Oh, there is a more glorious arrival at your soul to-night. The drum beats twice at the coming of the lesser joys and congratulations of your soul; but it beats once, twice, thrice, at the coming in of a glorious King--Jesus the Saviour, Jesus the God. I congratulate you. All are yours--things present and things to come. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
God comes, to our succour
God lives, that is the armour that David had. You cannot see it; it does not glisten in the sun; but he has it; God is with him. There are two sovereigns who never move from their capitals. The Pope sticks to the Vatican--it is papal etiquette; and the Sultan, he has remained for fifteen years within the bounds of his capital--it is Mahommedan etiquette. But God is not like that. God, as it were, leaves high heaven, and He has betaken Himself to this young Davids side. Oh, warrior for Christ, why should you be downhearted? Why should you be sad? Why should not your vision be glorified so that you can behold the horses and the chariots of the living God? In the battle against sin: the armour you have is the consciousness of the living God. David knows God. (J. Robertson.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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David's song to Yahweh continues. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: Parallelism)
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He opened the heavens ... rain clouds in the skies
David describes Yahweh's way of saving David from his enemies as a storm cloud gathering over a place. This emphasizes God's power and his anger. (See: Metaphor)
under his feet
David speaks of God as having feet like humans. (See: Personification)
He was seen on the wings of the wind
This can be translated in active form. AT: "He appeared on the wings of the wind" (See: Active or Passive)
the wings of the wind
This expression speaks of the wind as if it were a bird. (See: Metaphor)
He made darkness a tent around him
Here the darkness Yahweh creates is compared to a tent which hides him completely. AT: "He hid himself in the darkness" (See: Metaphor)
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