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2 Samuel 22:9-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Samuel 22:9-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 Smoke rose in his nostrils,
a devouring fire from his mouth;
it kindled coals into flame.
10 He parted the heavens and came down,
a dark cloud under his feet.(A)
11 Mounted on a cherub[a] he flew,
borne along on the wings of the wind.(B)
12 He made darkness the cover about him,
a mass of water, heavy thunderheads.
13 From the brightness of his presence
coals were kindled to flame.
14 The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High made his voice resound.
15 He let fly arrows and scattered them;
lightning, and dispersed them.(C)
Footnotes
- 22:11 Mounted on a cherub: in the traditional storm theophany, as here, the Lord appears with thunder, lightning, earthquake, rain, darkness, cloud, and wind. Sometimes these are represented as his retinue; sometimes he is said to ride upon the clouds or “the wings of the wind” (Ps 104:3). The parallelism in v. 11 suggests that the winged creatures called cherubim are imagined as bearing the Lord aloft. In the iconography of the ark of the covenant, the Lord was “enthroned upon the cherubim”; cf. Ex 37:7–9; 1 Sm 4:4; 2 Sm 6:2; 2 Kgs 19:15; Ps 80:2; 99:1.
2 Samuel 22:9-15
New International Version
2 Samuel 22:9-15
New International Version
9 Smoke rose from his nostrils;
consuming fire(A) came from his mouth,
burning coals(B) blazed out of it.
10 He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds(C) were under his feet.
11 He mounted the cherubim(D) and flew;
he soared[a] on the wings of the wind.(E)
12 He made darkness(F) his canopy around him—
the dark[b] rain clouds of the sky.
13 Out of the brightness of his presence
bolts of lightning(G) blazed forth.
14 The Lord thundered(H) from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 He shot his arrows(I) and scattered the enemy,
with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 22:11 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts appeared
- 2 Samuel 22:12 Septuagint (see also Psalm 18:11); Hebrew massed
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