Psalms 78:14
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Psalms 78:14 in other translations
| BSB | He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night. |
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| WEB | In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire. |
| ASV | In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire. |
| YLT | And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire. |
| DARBY | And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire. |
| BBE | In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire. |
| Webster | In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. |
What does Psalms 78:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 78:12-14
12-14. A record of God's dealings and the sins of the people is now made. The writer gives the history from the exode to the retreat from Kadesh; then contrasts their sins with their reasons for confidence, shown by a detail of God's dealings in Egypt, and presents a summary of the subsequent history to David's time. Zoan--for Egypt, as its ancient capital (Nu 13:22; Is 19:11).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 78:9-39
Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their…
Psalms 78:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 78:14
- Psalms 105:39
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- 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,
- 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.
- Exodus 40:35-38
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 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.
- 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.
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Context
- Psalms 78:13
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
- Psalms 78:14
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
- Psalms 78:15
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Psalms 78:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y llevólos de día con nube, y toda la noche con resplandor de fuego. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il les conduisit, le jour par une nuée, et toute la nuit par une lumière de feu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er leitete sie des Tages mit der Wolke und die ganze Nacht mit dem Lichte eines Feuers. |