Psalms 18:9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He bowed the heauens also, and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feet.
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- Psalms 144:5–15Rank 1 from verse 9
5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
15Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
5Bow thy heauens, O LORD, and come downe: touch the mountaines, and they shall smoke.
6*Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and destroy them.
7†Send thine hand from aboue, rid me, and deliuer me out of great waters: from the hand of strange children,
8Whose mouth speaketh vanitie: and their right hand is a right hand of falshood.
9I will sing a new song vnto thee, O God: vpon a psalterie, and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises vnto thee.
10‖ It is he that giueth saluation vnto kings: who deliuereth Dauid his seruant from the hurtfull sword.
11Rid me, and deliuer me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanitie: and their right hand is a right hand of falshood.
12†That our sonnes may be as plants growen vp in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13† That our garners may bee full, affoording all maner of store; that our sheepe may bring forth thousands, and tenne thousands in our streetes.
14† That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streetes.
15*Happy is that people that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
- 2 Peter 3:10Rank 2 from verse 9
10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
10But the day of the Lord wil come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a great noise, and the Elements shall melt with feruent heate, the earth also and the works that are therin shalbe burnt vp.
- 2 Samuel 22:10Rank 3 from verse 9
- Deuteronomy 33:26Rank 4 from verse 9
- Deuteronomy 5:22–23Rank 5 from verse 9
22¶ These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
22¶ These wordes the LORD spake vnto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thicke darkenesse, with a great voice, and he added no more, and he wrote them in two Tables of stone, and deliuered them vnto me.
23And it came to passe when yee heard the voice out of the midst of the darkenes (for the mountaine did burne with fire) that ye came neere vnto mee, euen all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.
- Hebrews 12:26Rank 6 from verse 9
16The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
16*†The LORD also shal roare out of Zion, and vtter his voice from Ierusalem, and the heauens and the earth shall shake, but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
- Mark 15:33Rank 9 from verse 9
- Matthew 24:29Rank 10 from verse 9
29¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
29¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those dayes, *shall the Sunne be darkned, and the Moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of the heauens shall be shaken.
- Revelation 20:11Rank 11 from verse 9
- Isaiah 51:6Rank 12 from verse 9
6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
6*Lift vp your eyes to the heauens, and looke vpon the earth beneath: for the heauens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall waxe old like a garment, and they that dwel therein shall die in like maner: but my saluation shal be for euer, and my righteousnes shall not be abolished.
- Psalms 68:4Rank 13 from verse 9
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Psalms 18:9
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bow. Sense 1: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward. Sense 2: To make a bodily act of reverence or worship.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
8†There went vp a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth deuoured, coales were kindled by it.
9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
9He bowed the heauens also, and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feet.
Selected passage10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
10And he rode vpon a Cherub, and did flie: yea he did flie vpon the wings of the wind.