Psalms 105:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Neh 9:12 : 12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Ps 78:14 : 14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
Isa 4:5 : 5 And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory [shall be spread] a covering.
1 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
Neh 9:19 : 19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Exod 13:21-22 : 21 And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night: 22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.
Exod 14:24 : 24 And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians.
Num 9:15-22 : 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped. 18 At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped. 19 And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not. 20 And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed. 21 And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or [if it continued] by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 78:13-14
2 verses
84%
13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
14In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
Ps 105:40-41
2 verses
80%
40They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places [like] a river.
Exod 14:19-21
3 verses
79%
19And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
20and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.
21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Neh 9:12
79%
12Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Exod 40:37-38
2 verses
78%
37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Exod 13:21-22
2 verses
78%
21And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:
22the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.
Num 9:15-17
3 verses
77%
15And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
16So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
17And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped.
Ps 105:32
76%
32He gave them hail for rain, [And] flaming fire in their land.
Deut 1:33
75%
33who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
Ps 105:38
74%
38Egypt was glad when they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
Neh 9:19
74%
19yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Exod 14:24
72%
24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians.
Ps 105:28
72%
28He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.
2 Sam 22:12-13
2 verses
72%
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
Exod 9:23
72%
23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Num 11:9
72%
9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
Exod 40:34
72%
34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
Exod 16:13
71%
13And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.
Num 10:34
71%
34And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
Ps 78:27-28
2 verses
71%
27He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
Job 36:32
71%
32He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
Josh 24:7
71%
7And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
Num 9:21
71%
21And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or [if it continued] by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
Ps 18:11-12
2 verses
71%
11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Num 14:14
70%
14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Exod 40:19
70%
19And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Job 36:30
70%
30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
Ps 78:24
69%
24And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
Ps 97:3
69%
3A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.
Job 38:9
69%
9When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
Exod 10:21-22
2 verses
69%
21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
Ps 106:9
69%
9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Neh 9:15
69%
15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Job 37:11
68%
11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
Gen 1:17
68%
17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
Ps 99:7
68%
7He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them.
Exod 40:25
68%
25And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Job 26:9
68%
9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.