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Psalms 78:14

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12 He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

13 He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

15 He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

16 He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

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BSB
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
KJV
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
WEB
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
ASV
In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
DARBY
And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.
BLB
And He led them with the cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.
ÅB
Og han ledet dem ved skyen om dagen og hele natten ved ildens lys.
OTB
Så ledet Han dem med skyen om dagen,
Og hele natten med et lys av ild.
B1930
Og han ledet dem ved skyen om dagen og hele natten ved ildens lys.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 105:39

    He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

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  • Exodus 13:21–22

    And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

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  • Exodus 14:24

    At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

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  • Nehemiah 9:12

    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.

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  • Exodus 40:35–38

    Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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  • Nehemiah 9:19

    You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

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