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2 Samuel 22:12

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

KJV

Posuit tenebras in circuitu suo latibulum, cribrans aquas de nubibus cælorum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφῆς αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ, ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ σκότος ὑδάτων· ἐπάχυνεν ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρος.

LXX

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

ASV

וַ/יָּ֥שֶׁת חֹ֛שֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָ֖י/ו סֻכּ֑וֹת חַֽשְׁרַת מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
חַֽשְׁרַת
chshrt
noun · 1×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
סֻּכּֽוֹת
skvt
noun · 31×
עָ֑ב
'b
noun · 32×
שְׁחָקִֽים
shchqym
noun · 21×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:10 — He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
  • Ps 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
  • Ps 144:6 — Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.