Nehemiah 9:21
19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
- KJV
- Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
- WEB
- “Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.
- ASV
- Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
- DARBY
- Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
- BLB
- And forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they did not lack. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
- ÅB
- I førti år forsørget du dem i ørkenen, de manglet intet; deres klær ble ikke utslitt, og deres føtter ble ikke hovne.
- OTB
- I førti år opprettholdt du dem i ørkenen; de manglet ingenting, deres klær ble ikke utslitt, og deres føtter hovnet ikke opp.
- B1930
- I firti år forsørget du dem i ørkenen, de manglet intet; deres klær blev ikke utslitt, og deres føtter blev ikke hovne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 2:7
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:4
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:5
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Read in contextPsalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Read in contextNumbers 14:33–34
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
Read in contextActs 13:18
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
Read in contextExodus 16:35
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
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