Numbers 9:21

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • 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 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.
  • Neh 9:19 : 19 Yet in Your overwhelming mercies, You did not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud did not depart from them by day to lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night to show them light and the way they should go.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 9:22-23
    2 verses
    88%

    22Or whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud lingered upon the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained in their tents and did not journey: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

    23At the command of the LORD they remained in the tents, and at the command of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

  • Num 9:15-20
    6 verses
    88%

    15And on the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and in the evening there was over the tabernacle the appearance of fire, until the morning.

    16So it was always: 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 set out: and in the place where the cloud stayed, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

    18At the command of the LORD the children of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud stayed upon the tabernacle they remained in their tents.

    19And when the cloud lingered long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journey.

    20And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the command of the LORD they remained in their tents, and according to the command of the LORD they journeyed.

  • Exod 40:34-38
    5 verses
    85%

    34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud stayed upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

    37But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey until 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 13:20-22
    3 verses
    81%

    20And they took their journey from Succoth, and camped in Etham, at the edge of the wilderness.

    21And the LORD 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; to go by day and night:

    22He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

  • Num 10:33-34
    2 verses
    80%

    33And they departed from the mount of the LORD, a three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

    34And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

  • Neh 9:12
    77%

    12Moreover, 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.

  • Ps 78:14
    77%

    14In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

  • Num 10:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the testimony.

    12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

    13And they first set out according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

  • Neh 9:19
    75%

    19Yet in Your overwhelming mercies, You did not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of cloud did not depart from them by day to lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night to show them light and the way they should go.

  • Exod 14:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them, 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 did not come near the other all 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.

  • Deut 1:33
    74%

    33Who went in the way before you, to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, in fire by night to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day.

  • Num 10:28
    72%

    28Thus were the journeys of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

  • Exod 16:13
    71%

    13And it came to pass that in the evening the quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.

  • Num 10:21
    71%

    21And the Kohathites set forward, carrying the sanctuary: and the others set up the tabernacle before they arrived.

  • Num 11:9
    71%

    9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

  • Ps 105:39
    71%

    39He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

  • Exod 16:21
    71%

    21So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need; and when the sun became hot, it melted.

  • Num 21:11
    70%

    11And they journeyed from Oboth, and camped at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.

  • Num 14:14
    70%

    14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • Exod 24:18
    70%

    18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Exod 24:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15And Moses went up into the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.

    16And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

  • Num 33:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

    2And Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys by the command of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their departures.

  • Judg 19:14
    69%

    14So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down upon them when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

  • Num 2:17
    69%

    17Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall move forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp. As they camp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

  • Exod 33:10
    69%

    10And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

  • Deut 31:15
    69%

    15And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

  • Exod 14:24
    68%

    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 cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

  • Num 21:4
    68%

    4And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  • Exod 19:1-2
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    1In the third month, when the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

    2For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mountain.

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    10And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,