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Nehemiah 9:12
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.
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Christian Standard Bible®
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,and with a pillar of fire by night,to illuminate the way they should go.
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,and with a pillar of fire by night,to illuminate the way they should go.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
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.
King James 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.
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.
English Standard Version
By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
New Century Version
You led our ancestors with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire at night. It lit the way they were supposed to go.
You led our ancestors with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire at night. It lit the way they were supposed to go.
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.
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.
Amplified Bible
"And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light the way for them In which they were to go.
"And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light the way for them In which they were to go.
New American Standard Bible
"And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.
"And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.
World English Bible
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.
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,And with a pillar of fire by nightTo light for them the wayIn which they were to go.
And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,And with a pillar of fire by nightTo light for them the wayIn which they were to go.
Berean Standard Bible
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way which they should travel.
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way which they should travel.
Contemporary English Version
Each day you led your people with a thick cloud, and at night you showed the way with a flaming fire.
Each day you led your people with a thick cloud, and at night you showed the way with a flaming fire.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘In a column of cloud you led them by day, and by night in a column of fire, so that they would have light ahead of them on the way that they were to go.
"‘In a column of cloud you led them by day, and by night in a column of fire, so that they would have light ahead of them on the way that they were to go.
Darby Translation
And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Easy-to-Read Version
With the tall cloud, you led them by day, and at night you used the column of fire. That is the way you lit their path and showed them where to go.
With the tall cloud, you led them by day, and at night you used the column of fire. That is the way you lit their path and showed them where to go.
George Lamsa Translation
Moreover thou hast led them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
Moreover thou hast led them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
Good News Translation
With a cloud you led them in daytime, and at night you lighted their way with fire.
With a cloud you led them in daytime, and at night you lighted their way with fire.
Lexham English Bible
You led them by day with a column of cloud and with a column of fire by night, to give them light on the way that they were to go.
You led them by day with a column of cloud and with a column of fire by night, to give them light on the way that they were to go.
Literal Translation
And You led them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
And You led them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
Miles 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.
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.
American Standard Version
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.
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
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.
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.
Bishop's 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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover in a pillar of cloud Thou didst lead them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Moreover in a pillar of cloud Thou didst lead them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night, by a pillar of fire, to giue them light in the way wherin they should go.
Moreouer thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night, by a pillar of fire, to giue them light in the way wherin they should go.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou guidedst them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
And thou guidedst them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
English Revised Version
Moreover thou leddest them in a pillar of cloud by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Moreover thou leddest them in a pillar of cloud by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And in a piler of cloude thou were the ledere of hem bi dai, and in a piler of fier bi nyyt, that the weie, bi which thei entriden, schulde appere to hem.
And in a piler of cloude thou were the ledere of hem bi dai, and in a piler of fier bi nyyt, that the weie, bi which thei entriden, schulde appere to hem.
Update Bible Version
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 wherein they should go.
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 wherein they should go.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 in which they should go.
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 in which they should go.
New King James Version
Moreover You led them by day with a cloudy pillar, And by night with a pillar of fire, To give them light on the road Which they should travel.
Moreover You led them by day with a cloudy pillar, And by night with a pillar of fire, To give them light on the road Which they should travel.
New Living Translation
You led our ancestors by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night so that they could find their way.
You led our ancestors by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night so that they could find their way.
New Life Bible
You led the people during the day with a cloud, and with a pillar of fire during the night to light the way they were to go.
You led the people during the day with a cloud, and with a pillar of fire during the night to light the way they were to go.
New Revised Standard
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 in which they should go.
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 in which they should go.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, in a pillar of cloud, didst thou lead them, by day, - and in a pillar of fire, by night, to light up for them the way wherein they should go.
And, in a pillar of cloud, didst thou lead them, by day, - and in a pillar of fire, by night, to light up for them the way wherein they should go.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, that they might see the way by which they went.
And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, that they might see the way by which they went.
Revised Standard Version
By a pillar of cloud thou didst lead them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
By a pillar of cloud thou didst lead them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.
"And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.
Contextual Overview
4 Then stoode vp vpon the staires of the Leuites Ieshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cryed with a loud voyce vnto the Lord their God. 5 And the Leuites said, euen Ieshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, Stande vp, and praise the Lorde your God for euer, and euer, and let them praise thy glorious Name, O God, which excelleth aboue all thankesgiuing and praise. 6 Thou art Lorde alone: thou hast made heauen, and the heauen of all heauens, with all their hoste, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, & al that are in them, & thou preseruest them all, and the host of the heauen worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art, O Lord, the God, that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of Vr in Caldea, and madest his name Abraham, 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a couenant with him, to giue vnto his seede the lande of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, and Perizzites, and Iebusites, and Girgashites, and hast performed thy wordes, because thou art iust. 9 Thou hast also considered the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the red Sea, 10 And shewed tokens & wonders vpon Pharaoh, and on all his seruants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudely against them: therefore thou madest thee a Name, as appeareth this day. 11 For thou didest breake vp the Sea before them, and they went through the middes of the Sea on dry lande: and those that pursued them, hast thou cast into the bottomes as a stone, in the mightie waters: 12 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. 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, ordinances and good commandements,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou leddest: Nehemiah 9:19, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:20, Psalms 78:14, Psalms 105:39
in the way: Psalms 107:7, Psalms 143:8
Reciprocal: Numbers 9:15 - the cloud Numbers 9:16 - General Numbers 9:21 - abode Numbers 10:34 - General Numbers 14:14 - thy cloud Deuteronomy 1:31 - in the wilderness Deuteronomy 1:33 - in fire Deuteronomy 32:12 - the Lord Joshua 24:7 - ye dwelt Psalms 31:3 - lead Psalms 78:52 - But Psalms 136:16 - General Isaiah 4:5 - a cloud Jeremiah 2:2 - when Jeremiah 31:2 - found Habakkuk 3:4 - brightness Acts 7:36 - and in the wilderness 1 Corinthians 10:1 - were
Cross-References
Genesis 9:17
God said yet to Noah, This is the signe of the couenant, which I haue established betweene me and all flesh that is vpon the earth.
God said yet to Noah, This is the signe of the couenant, which I haue established betweene me and all flesh that is vpon the earth.
Genesis 9:23
Then tooke Shem & Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.
Then tooke Shem & Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.
Genesis 9:25
And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.
And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.
Genesis 9:26
He said moreouer, blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and let Canaan be his seruant.
He said moreouer, blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and let Canaan be his seruant.
Genesis 9:28
And Noah liued after the flood three hundreth and fiftie yeeres.
And Noah liued after the flood three hundreth and fiftie yeeres.
Genesis 17:11
That is, ye shall circumcise the foreskin of your flesh, and it shalbe a signe of the couenant betweene me and you.
That is, ye shall circumcise the foreskin of your flesh, and it shalbe a signe of the couenant betweene me and you.
Exodus 12:13
And the blood shalbe a toke for you vpon the houses where ye are: so when I see the blood, I will passe ouer you, and the plague shall not be vpon you to destruction, when I smite the lande of Egypt.
And the blood shalbe a toke for you vpon the houses where ye are: so when I see the blood, I will passe ouer you, and the plague shall not be vpon you to destruction, when I smite the lande of Egypt.
Exodus 13:16
And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande.
And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande.
Joshua 2:12
Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token,
Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moreover, thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar,.... The Israelites, to shelter them from the heat of the sun in a dry and barren wilderness:
and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go; through a trackless desert, see
Exodus 13:21.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Nehemiah 9:12. By a cloudy pillar — See the notes on the parallel passages, both here and in the other verses.
