Psalms 105:39
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
- KJV
- He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- WEB
- He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
- ASV
- He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
- DARBY
- He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
- BLB
- He spread a cloud for a screen, and fire to light up the night.
- ÅB
- Han bredte ut en sky til dekke og ild til å lyse om natten.
- OTB
- Han spredte en sky som et dekke,
Og ild til å lyse opp natten. - B1930
- Han bredte ut en sky til dekke og ild til å lyse om natten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 9:12
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:5
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Read in contextPsalms 78:14
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:19
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.
Read in contextExodus 13:21–22
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Read in contextExodus 14:24
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Read in contextNumbers 9:15–22
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:1–2
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
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