Psalms 105:39

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

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Neh 9:12 : 12 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.
Ps 78:14 : 14 In the daytime also he led{H8686)} them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Isa 4:5 : 5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
1 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were 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 the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Exod 13:21-22 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Exod 14:24 : 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled 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, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. 21 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. 22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, 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 divided{H8804)} the sea, and caused them to pass through{H8686)}; and he made the waters to stand{H8686)} as an heap.
14In the daytime also he led{H8686)} them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Ps 105:40-41
2 verses
80%
40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Exod 14:19-21
3 verses
79%
19And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Neh 9:12
79%
12Moreover 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.
Exod 40:37-38
2 verses
78%
37But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38For 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.
Exod 13:21-22
2 verses
78%
21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, 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, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
16So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
17And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Ps 105:32
76%
32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
Deut 1:33
75%
33Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
Ps 105:38
74%
38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
Neh 9:19
74%
19Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Exod 14:24
72%
24And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Ps 105:28
72%
28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
2 Sam 22:12-13
2 verses
72%
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
Exod 9:23
72%
23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD 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 a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exod 16:13
71%
13And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
Num 10:34
71%
34And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
Ps 78:27-28
2 verses
71%
27He rained{H8686)} flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28And he let it fall{H8686)} in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
Job 36:32
71%
32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Josh 24:7
71%
7And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
Num 9:21
71%
21And 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.
Ps 18:11-12
2 verses
71%
11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Num 14:14
70%
14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Exod 40:19
70%
19And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Job 36:30
70%
30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Ps 78:24
69%
24And had rained down{H8686)} manna upon them to eat{H8800)}, and had given{H8804)} them of the corn of heaven.
Ps 97:3
69%
3A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Job 38:9
69%
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Exod 10:21-22
2 verses
69%
21And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine 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 the 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 promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Job 37:11
68%
11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Gen 1:17
68%
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Ps 99:7
68%
7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Exod 40:25
68%
25And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Job 26:9
68%
9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.