Numbers 9:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֵ֞שׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֤ה הֶֽעָנָן֙ מֵעֶ֣רֶב עַד־בֹּ֔קֶר וְנַעֲלָ֧ה הֶֽעָנָ֛ן בַּבֹּ֖קֶר וְנָסָ֑עוּ א֚וֹ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה וְנַעֲלָ֥ה הֶעָנָ֖ן וְנָסָֽעוּ׃

Transliteration

And sometimes yihyeh the ʿānān from ʿereḇ until bōqer and naʿălāh the ʿānān in the bōqer and nāsāʿû or yômām and laylāh and naʿălāh the ʿānān and nāsāʿû.

Grammar Details

• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would be
• *ʿānān*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the cloud
• *ʿereḇ*: common noun, masculine singular - evening
• *bōqer*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the morning
• *naʿălāh*: Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was taken up
• *nāsāʿû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they set out
• *yômām*: adverb - by day
• *laylāh*: common noun, masculine singular - night

Word Meanings

• *naʿălāh*: was taken up/lifted up/arose
• *nāsāʿû*: set out/journeyed/traveled/departed
• *yômām*: by day/during daytime

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And so it was, when the cloud stayed from evening until the morning, and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And sometimes{H3426} the cloud{H6051} was from evening{H6153} until morning;{H1242} and when the cloud{H6051} was taken up{H5927} in the morning,{H1242} they journeyed:{H5265} or [if it continued] by day{H3119} and by night,{H3915} when the cloud{H6051} was taken up,{H5927} they journeyed.{H5265}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And so it was{H3426}, when the cloud{H6051} abode from even{H6153} unto the morning{H1242}, and that the cloud{H6051} was taken up{H5927}{(H8738)} in the morning{H1242}, then they journeyed{H5265}{(H8804)}: whether it was by day{H3119} or by night{H3915} that the cloud{H6051} was taken up{H5927}{(H8738)}, they journeyed{H5265}{(H8804)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And yf it happened that the cloude was apon the habitacion from euen vnto mornynge and was taken vpp in ye mornynge then they iurneyed. Whether it was by daye or by nyghte that ye cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan the cloude was there from the euenynge vntyll the mornynge, and so was taken vp, then wete they on their iourney: and whether it was take vp by daye or by night, they iourneyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And though the cloud abode vpo the Tabernacle from euen vnto the morning, yet if the cloude was taken vp in the morning, then they iourneyed: whether by daye or by night the cloude was taken vp, then they iourneyed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when the cloude abode vpon the tabernacle from euen vnto the mornyng, & was taken vp in the mornyng, then they iourneyed: Whether it was by day or by nyght that the cloude was taken vp, they iourneyed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [so] it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and [that] the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether [it was] by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they traveled: or by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And so when the cloud is from evening till morning, when the cloud hath gone up in the morning, then they have journeyed; whether by day or by night, when the cloud hath gone up, then they have journeyed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they traveled: or by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And when the cloud remained only from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled.

Referenced Verses

• Neh 9:12 : 12 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.
• 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.