2 Samuel 22:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"And He madeוַיָּ֥שֶׁת
(vai·ya·shet)
7896: to put, seta prim. root
darknessחֹ֛שֶׁךְ
(cho·shech)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
canopiesסֻכֹּ֑ות
(suk·ko·vt;)
5521: a thicket, boothfrom sakak
aroundסְבִיבֹתָ֖יו
(se·vi·vo·tav)
5439: circuit, round aboutfrom sabab
Him, A massחַֽשְׁרַת־
(chash·rat-)
2841: collection, massfrom an unused word
of waters,מַ֖יִם
(ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
thick cloudsעָבֵ֥י
(a·vei)
5645: dark cloud, cloud mass, thicketfrom an unused word
of the sky.שְׁחָקִֽים׃
(she·cha·kim.)
7834: dust, cloudfrom shachaq


















KJV Lexicon
And he made
shiyth  (sheeth)
to place (in a very wide application) -- apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, take.
darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
pavilions
cukkah  (sook-kaw')
a hut or lair -- booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
round about
cabiyb  (saw-beeb')
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around -- (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
him dark
chashrah  (khash-raw')
a combination or gathering, i.e. of watery clouds -- dark.
waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
and thick clouds
`ab  (awb)
an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse -- clay, (thick) cloud, thick, thicket.
of the skies
shachaq  (shakh'-ak)
a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament -- cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky.

King James Bible
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

International Standard Version
The darkness around him was his canopies— amassed water was his overhanging clouds!

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He surrounded himself with darkness. He made the dark rain clouds his covering.

King James 2000 Bible
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
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