Psalm 18:11–12
Psalm 18:11–12 — The New International Version (NIV)
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
Psalm 18:11–12 — English Standard Version (ESV)
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.
12 Out of the brightness before him
hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
Psalm 18:11–12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
11 He shrouded himself in darkness,
veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
12 Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him
and rained down hail and burning coals.
Psalm 18:11–12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
11 He made darkness His secret place;
His canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:11–12 — New Century Version (NCV)
11 He made darkness his covering, his shelter around him,
surrounded by fog and clouds.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence came clouds
with hail and lightning.
Psalm 18:11–12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:11–12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
11 He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 12 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:11–12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
11 He made the darkness his hiding place,
the dark rain clouds his covering.
12 Out of the brightness in front of him,
those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning.
Psalm 18:11–12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
11 He made darkness His hiding place,
dark storm clouds His canopy around Him.
12 From the radiance of His presence,
His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
Psalm 18:11–12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
11 He made darkness his covering around him,
his canopy thick clouds dark with water.
12 Out of the brightness before him
there broke through his clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:11–12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
11 He made darkness his hiding place;
all about him his covering
was a darkness of waters, thick clouds.
12 From the brightness before him
his clouds passed over
with hail and coals of fire.
Psalm 18:11–12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
11 He covered himself with darkness.
The dark rain clouds of the sky were like a tent around him.
12 Clouds came out of the brightness that was all around him.
They came with hailstones and flashes of lightning.
Psalm 18:11–12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
11 He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and coals of fire.