PSA 18:11 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (PSA 17:12) Καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ, κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ, σκοτεινὸν ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρων.
(Kai etheto skotos apokrufaʸn autou, kuklōi autou haʸ skaʸnaʸ autou, skoteinon hudōr en nefelais aerōn.)

BrTr (PSA 17:12) And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

SLBL And he mounted a Cherub and began to fly.
And he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind. ‡

ULT He set darkness his covering, the booth around him, was a darkness of waters, clouds of the skies.

UST It was as if you had made the darkness of the storm a safe place for you to stay. Yes, it was as if you had a temporary shelter within the dark storm clouds that were full of moisture.

BSB & MSB He made darkness His hiding place,
⇔ [and] storm clouds a canopy around Him.

OEB with his screen of darkness about him,
⇔ in thick dark clouds of water.

WEBBE & WMBB He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him,
⇔ darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

NET He shrouded himself in darkness,
⇔ in thick rain clouds.

LSV He makes darkness His secret place,
Around Him His dwelling place,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

FBV He hid himself in darkness, covering himself with black thunderclouds.

T4T Darkness was all around him like a blanket [MET];
⇔ dark clouds, full of moisture, covered him [MET].

LEB • He made darkness his hiding place;
• all about him his covering
• was a darkness of waters, thick clouds .[fn]

18:? Literally “clouds of clouds”

BBE He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Moff shrouding himself in darkness,
⇔ that veiled his presence round,
⇔ with rain-clouds dark and dense.

JPS (PSA 18:12) (18-13) At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

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

DRA (PSA 17:12) And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

YLT He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Drby He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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

SLT He will set darkness his covering; his tent round about him darknesses of waters, thick clouds.

Wbstr He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

KJB-1769 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

KJB-1611 He made darkenes his secret place: his pauilion round about him, were darke waters, and thicke cloudes of the skies.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre.
(For his secret place he did put darkness: and for his pavilion round about him, he did put darkness of waters in clouds of the air.)

Gnva He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.
(He made darkness his secret place, and his pavilion round about him, even darkness of waters, and clouds of the air.)

Cvdl He made darcknesse his pauylion rounde aboute hi, with darcke water & thicke cloudes to couer him.
(He made darkness his pavilion round about hi, with dark water and thick clouds to cover him.)

Wycl (PSA 17:12) And he settide derknesses his hidyng place, his tabernacle `in his cumpas; derk water was in the cloudes of the lowere eir.
(And he set darkness his hiding place, his tabernacle in his compass/all_around; dark water was in the clouds of the lower air.)

Luth (PSA 18:12) Sein Gezelt um ihn her war finster und schwarze dicke Wolken, darin er verborgen war.
(Be tent around/by/for him/it her what/which dark and black thick/fat clouds, in_it he hidden/concealed was.)

ClVg (PSA 17:12) Et posuit tenebras latibulum suum; in circuitu ejus tabernaculum ejus, tenebrosa aqua in nubibus aëris.[fn]
(And put darkness hiding-place his_own; in/into/on around his/her tabernacle his/her, dark water in/into/on clouds of_air.)

17.12 Tenebras. AUG. Obscuritates sacramentorum, vel, in his tenebris, ubi videntes per fidem ambulamus, et non per speciem Matth. 2.. Non per cœlos. CASS. Descendit et ascendit II Cor. 5., sed per nubes æthereas quod in Hebræo, id est, per prophetas in quibus obscura doctrina sit, sed per nubes quæ non ætheris, id est, Apostoli præfulgidæ sunt in cognitione ejus, id est, vicinius contemplantes.

17.12 Darkness. AUG. Darkness of_the_sacraments, or, in/into/on his darkness, where seeing through faith we_walk, and not/no through appearance Matth. 2.. Not/No through heavens. CASS. It_comes_down and went_up II Cor. 5., but through clouds ethereal that in/into/on Hebrew, that it_is, through a_prophets in/into/on to_whom dark teaching/instruction be, but through clouds which not/no ether, that it_is, Apostles very_bright are in/into/on knowledge his/her, that it_is, closer contemplating.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יָ֤שֶׁת חֹ֨שֶׁךְ ׀ סִתְר֗⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: made darkness covering_of,his around_of,him canopy_of,his dark_of waters clouds_of sky )

David is speaking as if the darkness were actually set like a physical object that could be arranged in place. He means that God caused darkness to surround himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [It was as if he were dwelling within the darkness of the storm]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

יָ֤שֶׁת חֹ֨שֶׁךְ ׀ סִתְר֗⁠וֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥י⁠ו סֻכָּת֑⁠וֹ חֶשְׁכַת־מַ֝֗יִם

(Some words not found in UHB: made darkness covering_of,his around_of,him canopy_of,his dark_of waters clouds_of sky )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [He set darkness as his covering—yes, the shelter around him was dark storm clouds]

Parallel PSA 18:11