King James Version

2 Samuel 22:12

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

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וַיָּ֥שֶׁתvayashetand applyשִׁיתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and apply”, the next action in the storyH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.חֹ֛שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.סְבִיבֹתָ֖יוsevivotayvaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “about”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.סֻכּ֑וֹתsukotboothסֻכָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “booth”, the ordinary formH5521a hut or lairbooth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.חַֽשְׁרַתchashratdarkחַשְׁרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “dark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2841properly, a combination or gathering, i.e. of watery cloudsdark.מַ֖יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עָבֵ֥יavecloudעָבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “cloud”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).שְׁחָקִֽיםshechaqimsmall dustשַׁחַקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “small dust”, the ordinary formH7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmamentcloud, small dust, heaven, sky.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Young’s Literal Translation

And He setteth darkness Round about Him — tabernacles, Darkness of waters — thick clouds of the skies.

World English Bible

He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Darby Translation

And he made darkness round about him a tent, Gatherings of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Douay-Rheims

He made darkness a covering round about him: dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ· κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ σκότος ὑδάτων, ἐπάχυνεν ἐν νεφέλαις ἀέρος.