Exodus 40 · Verse 37

Exodus 40:37

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Exodus 40:37, King James Version

Exodus 40:37 in other translations

BSBIf the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
WEBbut if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.
ASVbut if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
YLTand if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up:
DARBYAnd if the cloud were not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up.
BBEBut while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.
WebsterBut if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

What does Exodus 40:37 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 40:34-38

The cloud covered the tabernacle even in the clearest day; it was not a cloud which the sun scatters. This cloud was a token of God's presence to be seen day and night, by all Israel, that they might never again question, Is the Lord among us, or is he not? It guided the camp of Israel through the wilderness. While the cloud rested on the tabernacle, they rested; when it removed, they followed it. The glory of the…

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Exodus 40:37 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יֵעָלֶ֖הye.'a.Lehit was taken upH5927
הֶעָנָ֑ןhe.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יִסְע֔וּyis.'Uthey set outH5265
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
י֖וֹםYom[the] dayH3117
הֵעָלֹתֽוֹ\׃he.'a.lo.Towas taken up itH5927

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Cross references for Exodus 40:37

  • Numbers 9:19-22

    And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not. And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed. 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. Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • Psalms 31:15

    My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

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Nu 9:19-22; Ps 31:15

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Context

  • Exodus 40:36

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

  • Exodus 40:37

    But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

  • Exodus 40:38

    For 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.

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Exodus 40:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pero si la nube no se alzaba, no se partían hasta el día en que ella se alzaba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et si la nuée ne se levait pas, ils ne partaient pas, jusqu’au jour où elle se levait;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn die Wolke sich nicht erhob, so brachen sie nicht auf, bis zu dem Tage, da sie sich erhob.