Nehemiah 9:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

By 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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Moreover, You led them by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way they should go.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover in a pillar{H5982} of cloud{H6051} thou leddest{H5148} them by day;{H3119} and in a pillar{H5982} of fire{H784} by night,{H3915} to give them light{H215} in the way{H1870} wherein they should go.{H3212}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover thou leddest{H5148}{(H8689)} them in the day{H3119} by a cloudy{H6051} pillar{H5982}; and in the night{H3915} by a pillar{H5982} of fire{H784}, to give them light{H215}{(H8687)} in the way{H1870} wherein they should go{H3212}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler, and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre, to shewe them lighte in the waye yt they wente.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And leddest them in the day with a pillar of a cloude, and in the night with a pillar of fire to giue them light in the way that they went.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And leddest them on the day time in a cloudie piller, and on the night season in a piller of fyre, to shewe them light in the way that they went.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Moreover in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And by a pillar of cloud Thou hast led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 13:21-22 : 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. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.
  • Neh 9:19 : 19 You, 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.
  • 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.
  • Ps 107:7 : 7 He led them on a straight path to a city where they could settle.
  • Ps 143:8 : 8 Let me hear of your lovingkindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
  • Exod 14:19-20 : 19 The 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. 20 It 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 13:21-22
    2 verses
    88%

    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.

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

  • Neh 9:18-21
    4 verses
    87%

    18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves and said, 'This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,' and they committed terrible blasphemies,

    19 You, 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.

    20 You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold manna from their mouths, and You provided water for their thirst.

    21 For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

  • Ps 78:13-14
    2 verses
    87%

    13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it; He made the waters stand like a wall.

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

  • Deut 1:33
    83%

    33 who 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.

  • Exod 40:36-38
    3 verses
    79%

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

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

    38 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.

  • Ps 105:39
    79%

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

  • Neh 9:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew how arrogantly they treated them. And You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

    11 You divided the sea before them, and they passed through it on dry ground. But You cast their pursuers into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.

  • Num 9:15-23
    9 verses
    78%

    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.

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

    17 Whenever 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.

    18 At 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.

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

    20 Sometimes 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.

    21 Sometimes 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.

    22 Whether 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.

    23 At 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.

  • Num 14:14
    78%

    14 They 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.

  • Neh 9:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them upright judgments, true laws, good statutes, and commandments.

    14 You made Your holy Sabbath known to them, and You gave them commandments, statutes, and laws through Your servant Moses.

    15 You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.

  • Exod 14:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    19 The 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.

    20 It 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.

  • Num 10:34
    76%

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

  • Ps 77:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 Your thunder echoed in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

    20 Your way was through the sea, Your path through the waters, though Your footprints were not seen.

  • Ps 99:7
    75%

    7 He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies and the statutes He gave them.

  • Exod 15:13
    73%

    13 In Your steadfast love, You led the people You redeemed; in Your strength, You guided them to Your holy dwelling.

  • Isa 63:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them to gain for himself an everlasting name,

    13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;

  • Josh 24:7
    73%

    7 Your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians. He brought the sea over them and covered them. Your eyes witnessed what I did to Egypt. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

  • Exod 14:24
    72%

    24 During 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.

  • Ps 107:7
    72%

    7 He led them on a straight path to a city where they could settle.

  • Deut 8:15
    72%

    15 He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, filled with venomous snakes, scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought water for you out of a rock of flint.

  • Exod 13:18
    72%

    18 So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.

  • Deut 1:31
    72%

    31 And in the wilderness, where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way you went, until you came to this place.

  • Ps 78:52
    72%

    52 But He led His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

  • Deut 8:2
    71%

    2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.

  • Ps 106:9
    71%

    9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a wilderness.

  • Neh 9:23
    71%

    23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had promised their ancestors they would enter and take possession of.

  • Num 11:9
    71%

    9 When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

  • Jer 2:6
    71%

    6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’