The Meaning of 2 Samuel 22:10 Explained

2 Samuel 22:10

KJV: He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

YLT: And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

Darby: And he bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.

ASV: He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He bowed  the heavens  also, and came down;  and darkness  [was] under his feet. 

What does 2 Samuel 22:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 22

1  David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 22:10 mean?

And He bowed the heavens and came down and with darkness under His feet
וַיֵּ֥ט שָׁמַ֖יִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽיו

וַיֵּ֥ט  And  He  bowed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָטָה 
Sense: to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow.
שָׁמַ֖יִם  the  heavens 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וַיֵּרַ֑ד  and  came  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל  and  with  darkness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲרָפֶל  
Sense: cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness.
תַּ֥חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
רַגְלָֽיו  His  feet 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.