Bible verse
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
2 Samuel 22:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Samuel 22.
8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
9 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
13 From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
KJV
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
ASV
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
ERV
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
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