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Psalms 18:11

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Made darkness his hiding-place, Round about him—his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He made darkenes his secret place: his pauilion round about him, [were] darke waters, [and] thicke cloudes of the skies.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He made darkness his covert; his pavilion round about him was darkness of waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He made 7896
{7896} Prime
שִׁית
shiyth
{sheeth}
A primitive root; to place (in a very wide application).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
darkness y2822
[2822] Standard
חֹשֶׁךְ
choshek
{kho-shek'}
From H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.
x2824
(2824) Complement
חֲשֵׁכָה
cheshkah
{khesh-kaw'}
From H2821; darkness.
his secret place; 5643
{5643} Prime
סֵתֶר
cether
{say'-ther}
From H5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense).
his pavilion 5521
{5521} Prime
סֻכָּה
cukkah
{sook-kaw'}
Feminine of H5520; a hut or lair.
round about 5439
{5439} Prime
סָבִיב
cabiyb
{saw-beeb'}
From H5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbor, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around.
him [were] dark 2824
{2824} Prime
חֲשֵׁכָה
cheshkah
{khesh-kaw'}
From H2821; darkness.
waters 4325
{4325} Prime
מַיִם
mayim
{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
[and] thick clouds 5645
{5645} Prime
עָב
`ab
{awb}
Masculine and feminine; from H5743; properly an envelope, that is, darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically a (scud) cloud; also a copse.
of the skies. 7834
{7834} Prime
שַׁחַק
shachaq
{shakh'-ak}
From H7833; a powder (as beaten small); by analogy a thin vapor; by extension the firmament.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 18:11

_ _ dark waters — or, clouds heavy with vapor.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 18:1-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 18:11

Darkness — He covered himself with dark clouds. Waters — Watery vapours.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 18:11

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

(h) As a king angry with the people, will not show himself to them.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
secret:

Psalms 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms 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.
Psalms 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

thick:

Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.
Deuteronomy 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.
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 any more after it, [even] to the years of many generations.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 4:11. Ps 27:5; 81:7; 91:1; 97:2. Jol 2:2.

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