Parallel Verses
Amplified
He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.
New American Standard Bible
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
King James Version
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Holman Bible
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.
International Standard Version
He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds.
A Conservative Version
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
American Standard Version
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Bible in Basic English
He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Darby Translation
He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Julia Smith Translation
He will set darkness his covering; his tent round about him darknesses of waters, thick clouds.
King James 2000
He made darkness his secret place; his canopy round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He made darkness his hiding place; all about him his covering [was] a darkness of waters, {thick clouds}.
Modern King James verseion
He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about him; with dark waters and thick clouds to cover him. {TYNDALE: And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.}
NET Bible
He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.
New Heart English Bible
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
The Emphasized Bible
Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him - his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.
Webster
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
World English Bible
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Youngs Literal Translation
He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Themes
Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
10
And He rode upon a cherub (storm) and flew;
And He sped on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.
Out of the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Deuteronomy 4:11
You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
Psalm 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalm 81:7
“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Psalm 91:1
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,
Like the dawn spread over the mountains;
There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,
The like of which has never been before
Nor will be again afterward
Even for years of many generations.