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Revised Standard Version

Nehemiah 9:12

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cloud;   Sin;   Thankfulness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Cloud;   Fire;   Manifestations, Special Divine;   Mysteries-Revelations;   Pillar of Cloud;   The Topic Concordance - Giving and Gifts;   Guidance;   Living Waters;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Prayer, Public;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Cloud, Cloud of the Lord;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Pillar of Cloud and Fire;   Providence;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Prayer;   Synagogue;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cloud, Pillar of;   Pillar of Fire;   Theology;  

Parallel Translations

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
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.
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.
Contemporary English Version
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good News Translation
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Contextual Overview

4 Upon the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kad'mi-el, Shebani'ah, Bunni, Sherebi'ah, Bani, and Chena'ni; and they cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kad'mi-el, Bani, Hashabnei'ah, Sherebi'ah, Hodi'ah, Shebani'ah, and Pethahi'ah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise." 6 And Ezra said: "Thou art the LORD, thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and thou preservest all of them; and the host of heaven worships thee. 7 Thou art the LORD, the God who didst choose Abram and bring him forth out of Ur of the Chalde'ans and give him the name Abraham; 8 and thou didst find his heart faithful before thee, and didst make with him the covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Per'izzite, the Jeb'usite, and the Gir'gashite; and thou hast fulfilled thy promise, for thou art righteous. 9 "And thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and hear their cry at the Red Sea, 10 and didst perform signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for thou knewest that they acted insolently against our fathers; and thou didst get thee a name, as it is to this day. 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land; and thou didst cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters. 12 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. 13 Thou didst come down upon Mount Sinai, and speak with them from heaven and give them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

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 to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth."
Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers."
Genesis 9:26
He also said, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave."
Genesis 9:28
After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.
Genesis 17:11
You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Exodus 12:13
The blood shall be a sign for you, upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:16
It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes; for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."
Joshua 2:12
Now then, swear to me by the LORD that as I have dealt kindly with you, you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a sure sign,

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.


 
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