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Psalms 18:11

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

KJV

desiderabilia super aurum et lapidem pretiosum multum, et dulciora super mel et favum.

Vulgate

ἐπιθυμητὰ ὑπὲρ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον πολὺν καὶ γλυκύτερα ὑπὲρ μέλι καὶ κηρίον.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּרְכַּ֣ב עַל כְּ֭רוּב וַ/יָּעֹ֑ף וַ֝/יֵּ֗דֶא עַל כַּנְפֵי רֽוּחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 110×
וֹ
v
verb · 78×
יִדְאֶ֖ה
yd'h
verb · 4×
יָּ֖עַף
y'p
verb · 32×
כְּר֣וּב
krvb
noun · 91×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 4:11 — And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
  • Exod 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that
  • Isa 50:3 — I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
  • Jer 43:10 — And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have h
  • Job 36:32 — With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
  • Job 38:19 — Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
  • Joel 2:2 — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be a
  • Ps 81:7 — Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
  • Ps 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
  • Ps 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.