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Psalm 18:9

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18:9He made the sky sink28 as he descended;

a thick cloud was under his feet.

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Footnotes

  1. 28 The Hebrew verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[cause to] bend, bow down.” For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the Lord causes the sky, pictured as a dome or vault, to sink down as he descends in the storm.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He bowed the heavens and came down;

thick darkness was under his feet.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He parted the heavens and came down;

dark clouds were under his feet.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He bent the heavens and came down,

total darkness beneath his feet.

NLTNew Living Translation

He opened the heavens and came down;

dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So he bowed the heavens and came down

with a thick cloud under his feet.

KJV 1900King James Version

He bowed the heavens also, and came down:

And darkness was under his feet.