Nehemiah 9:12
New International Version
By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

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.

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.

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 in which they should travel.

King James Bible
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.

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 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.

NASB 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.

NASB 1977
“And with a pillar of cloud Thou didst lead them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.

Legacy 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.

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.

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.

Holman 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.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And by a pillar of cloud you led them by day and by a column of fire in the night to enlighten a way for them to walk in it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

Contemporary English Version
Each day you led your people with a thick cloud, and at night you showed the way with a flaming fire.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they might see the way by which they went.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You led them during the day by a column of smoke and during the night by a column of fire to give them light to see the way they should go.

Good News Translation
With a cloud you led them in daytime, and at night you lighted their way with fire.

International Standard Version
You led them during the day by a pillar of cloud, and by a pillar of fire at night to provide light for them on the path they took.

JPS Tanakh 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.

Literal Standard Version
And by a pillar of cloud You have led them by day, | And by a pillar of fire by night, | To lighten to them the way in which they go.

Majority 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 in which they should travel.

New American Bible
With a column of cloud you led them by day, and by night with a column of fire, To light the way of their journey, the way in which they must travel.

NET Bible
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.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

New Heart 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.

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.

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.

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.

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Context
The People Confess Their Sins
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. 12You 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. 13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.…

Cross References
Exodus 13:21
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
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

Exodus 15:13
With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

Numbers 9:16
It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

Deuteronomy 1:33
who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.

Nehemiah 9:19
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 105:39
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.


Treasury of Scripture

Moreover 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 wherein they should go.

thou leddest

Nehemiah 9:19
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.

Exodus 13:21,22
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: …

Exodus 14:19,20
And 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: …

in the way

Psalm 107:7
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Psalm 143:8
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You led
הִנְחִיתָ֖ם (hin·ḥî·ṯām)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5148: To guide, to transport

them with a pillar
וּבְעַמּ֣וּד (ū·ḇə·‘am·mūḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5982: A column, a stand, platform

of cloud
עָנָ֔ן (‘ā·nān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

by day,
יוֹמָ֑ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day

and a pillar
וּבְעַמּ֥וּד (ū·ḇə·‘am·mūḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5982: A column, a stand, platform

of fire
אֵשׁ֙ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

by night,
לַ֔יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

to light
לְהָאִ֣יר (lə·hā·’îr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 215: To be or become light

for them the way
הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ (had·de·reḵ)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

which
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they should travel.
יֵֽלְכוּ־ (yê·lə·ḵū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk


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