Psalms 18:9 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet.
English ASV
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
English Amplified
He bowed the heavens also and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
He bowed the heavens also and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And he bowed the heavens, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
English EASY 2024
God caused the sky to open as he came down. Dark clouds were under his feet.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
He tore open the sky and came down! He stood on a thick, dark cloud.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
He tore the sky open and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.
English God's Word - GW 1995
He spread apart the heavens and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
He parted the heavens and came down, a dark cloud beneath His feet.
English KJV 1611
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
English LSB
He bowed the heavens and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
He bowed the heavens and came down; darkness was under His feet.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Smoke rose in his nostrils, a devouring fire poured from his mouth; it kindled coals into flame.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
He opened the heavens and came down. Dark clouds were under his feet.
English NIV
He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
English NKJ 1982
He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet.
English NLT
He opened the heavens and came down; dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
He stretched heaven’s curtain open and came to my defense. Swiftly he rode to earth as the stormy sky was lowered. He rode a chariot of thunderclouds amidst thick darkness; his steed was a cherub, soaring on outstretched wings of Spirit-Wind.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
He bent the heavens down and came to my defense; thick darkness was beneath his feet.
English Tyndale 1537
He bowed the heavens, and came down, and it was dark under his feet.