Nehemiah 9:12 “You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by nig…”

Nehemiah 9:12

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“thou leddest”

Nehemiah 9:19 Psalm 78:14 Psalm 105:39 Exodus 13:21 Exodus 13:22 Exodus 14:19

Nehemiah 9:19 · BSB

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

Psalm 78:14 · BSB

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

Psalm 105:39 · BSB

He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

Exodus 13:21 · BSB

And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

Exodus 13:22 · BSB

Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

Exodus 14:19 · BSB

And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

“in the way”

Psalm 107:7 Psalm 143:8

Psalm 107:7 · BSB

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Psalm 143:8 · BSB

Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

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