Psalms 105 · Verse 39

Psalms 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
Psalms 105:39, King James Version

Psalms 105:39 in other translations

BSBHe spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
WEBHe spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
ASVHe spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
YLTHe hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.
DARBYHe spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.
BBEA cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.
WebsterHe spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

What does Psalms 105:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
39. covering--in sense of protection (compare Ex 13:21; Nu 10:34). In the burning sands of the desert the cloud protected the congregation from the heat of the sun; an emblem of God's protecting favor of His people, as interpreted by Isaiah (Is 4:5, 6; compare Nu 9:16).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 105:24-45

As the believer commonly thrives best in his soul when under the cross; so the church also flourishes most in true holiness, and increases in number, while under persecution. Yet instruments shall be raised up for their deliverance, and plagues may be expected by persecutors. And see the special care God took of his people in the wilderness. All the benefits bestowed on Israel as a nation, were shadows of spiritual…

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Psalms 105:39 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.

פָּרַ֣שׂpa.Rashe spread outH6566
עָנָ֣ן'a.Nana cloudH6051
לְמָסָ֑ךְle.ma.Sakhto a coveringH4539
וְ֝אֵ֗שׁve.'Eshand fireH784
לְהָאִ֥ירle.ha.'Irto give lightH215
לָֽיְלָה\׃La.ye.lahnightH3915

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Cross references for Psalms 105:39

  • Nehemiah 9:12

    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.

  • Isaiah 4:5

    And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

  • Psalms 78:14

    In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

  • 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: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

  • Exodus 14:24

    And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

  • Numbers 9:15-22

    And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. …

  • 1 Corinthians 10:1-2

    Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
spread.
78:14; Ex 13:21,22; 14:24; Nu 9:15-22; Ne 9:12,19; Isa 4:5
1Co 10:1,2

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Context

  • Psalms 105:38

    Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

  • Psalms 105:39

    He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

  • Psalms 105:40

    The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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Psalms 105:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Extendió una nube por cubierta, y fuego para alumbrar la noche.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il étendit une nuée pour couverture, et un feu pour éclairer de nuit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er breitete eine Wolke aus zur Decke, und ein Feuer, die Nacht zu erleuchten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et contaminata est in operibus eorum: et fornicati sunt in adinventionibus suis.