Psalm 18:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He made darkness his covering around him, his canopy thick clouds dark with water.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him Were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He made darkness His secret hiding place; as His pavilion (His canopy) round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

American Standard Version (1901)

He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Common English Bible

God made darkness cloak him; his covering was dark water and dense cloud.

Catholic Public Domain Version

desirable beyond gold and many precious stones, and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

Psalm 18:11 Cross References

Psalm 104:3

you set the beams of your chambers on the waters; you make the clouds your chariot; you ride on the wings of the wind;

Psalm 27:5

For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.

Psalm 81:7

In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Psalm 91:1

You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Ezekiel 10:18

Then the glory of the Lord went out from the entryway of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness spread upon the mountains, a great and powerful army comes; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them in ages to come.

Deuteronomy 4:11

you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain while the mountain was blazing up to the very heavens, shrouded in dark clouds.