Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
Parallel translations
- KJV Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
- BSB You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
- NKJV Moreover You led them by day with a cloudy pillar, And by night with a pillar of fire, To give them light on the road Which they should travel.
- NASB “And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.
- NLT You led our ancestors by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night so that they could find their way.
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- Exod 13:21–22Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
- Neh 9:19yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
- Ps 143:8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- Ps 78:14In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
- Ps 105:39He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
- Exod 14:19–20The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
- Ps 107:7he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
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