Exodus 40:38

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the cloud of the Lord was over the Tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel during all their journeys.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    for the clowde of the Lorde was apon the habitacion by daye, and fyre by nyghte: in the sighte of all the house of Israel in all their iornayes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for in the daye tyme was the cloude of the LORDE vpon the Habitacion, & in the night season was fyre therin, in ye sight of all ye house of Israel, in all their iourneis.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the cloude of the Lorde was vpon the Tabernacle by day, & fire was in it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their iourneyes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the cloude of the Lord was vpon the tabernacle by day, and fire by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their armies.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For the cloud of the LORD [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for the cloud of Jehovah `is' on the tabernacle by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the cloud of the Lord was resting on the House by day, and at night there was fire in the cloud, before the eyes of all the people of Israel, and so it was through all their journeys.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be on it at night, in plain view of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:21 : 21 By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.
  • Num 9:15 : 15 On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, which is the tent of the testimony. In the evening, it appeared above the tabernacle as something like fire until morning.
  • Ps 78:14 : 14 By day He led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
  • Ps 105:39 : 39 He spread a cloud as a covering and fire to give light at night.
  • Isa 4:5-6 : 5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night; over everything glorious will be a canopy. 6 It will be a shelter to provide shade in the daytime from the heat, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 40:34-37
    4 verses
    85%

    34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

    35Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

    36Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys.

    37But if the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was lifted.

  • Num 9:15-23
    9 verses
    84%

    15On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, which is the tent of the testimony. In the evening, it appeared above the tabernacle as something like fire until morning.

    16This was always the case: the cloud would cover it by day, and at night it would appear as fire.

    17Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the people of Israel would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the people of Israel would camp.

    18At the command of the LORD, the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD, they camped. As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

    19Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the people of Israel kept the LORD’s command and did not set out.

    20Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. In that case, they camped at the LORD's command and then set out at the LORD's command.

    21Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud lifted, they set out.

    22Whether it remained for two days, a month, or longer, as long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, the people of Israel remained camped and did not set out. But when it lifted, they set out.

    23At the command of the LORD, they camped, and at the command of the LORD, they set out. They kept the LORD's charge according to the command of the LORD given through Moses.

  • Exod 13:21-22
    2 verses
    83%

    21By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.

    22Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

  • Num 10:33-34
    2 verses
    82%

    33So they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days. During those three days, the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD went ahead of them to search out a resting place for them.

    34By day, the cloud of the LORD was over them as they set out from the camp.

  • Ps 78:14
    81%

    14By day He led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

  • Deut 1:33
    80%

    33who went before you on the way to scout out a place for you to camp, by night in the fire to show you the way you should go, and by day in the cloud.

  • Neh 9:12
    79%

    12By day, You led them with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light for the path they should follow.

  • Ps 105:39
    78%

    39He spread a cloud as a covering and fire to give light at night.

  • Exod 24:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

    17The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.

    18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

  • Num 14:14
    76%

    14They will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are among these people, that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

  • Exod 14:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19The angel of God, who had been going ahead of Israel's camp, withdrew and moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them.

    20It came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. There was a cloud and darkness, yet it lit up the night, and neither side approached the other all night long.

  • Neh 9:19
    74%

    19You, in Your great mercy, did not abandon them in the wilderness. During the day, the pillar of cloud did not depart to guide them on their way, nor did the pillar of fire by night to give them light for the path they should take.

  • Exod 33:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

    10When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would rise and worship, each at the entrance of their own tent.

  • Deut 31:15
    74%

    15Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

  • Num 10:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11In the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was lifted from over the Tabernacle of the Testimony.

    12Then the Israelites set out on their journeys from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

  • Exod 16:10
    72%

    10While Aaron was speaking to the whole assembly of the Israelites, they turned toward the wilderness, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud.

  • Exod 14:24
    72%

    24During the last watch of the night, the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud and threw it into confusion.

  • 1 Kgs 8:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10When the priests withdrew from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD.

    11The priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

  • Isa 4:5
    71%

    5Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night; over everything glorious will be a canopy.

  • Num 11:3
    71%

    3So that place was named Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.

  • Num 14:10
    71%

    10But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    70%

    13From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth.

  • Exod 40:19
    70%

    19He spread the tent over the Tabernacle and placed the covering of the tent on top, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • Num 10:28
    70%

    28This was the order of the journeys of the Israelites according to their divisions as they set out.

  • Exod 16:13
    70%

    13That evening, quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning, there was a layer of dew around the camp.

  • Exod 40:1
    70%

    1The Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 40:17
    69%

    17So it was on the first day of the first month of the second year, the Tabernacle was set up.

  • Num 32:13
    69%

    13The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years until the entire generation that had done evil in His sight was gone.