Psalms 78:14

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He led them with a cloud by dayand with a fiery light throughout the night.

Hebrew Names Version
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, All the night with a light of fire.

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

English Standard Version
In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

New Century Version
He led them with a cloud by day and by the light of a fire by night.

New English Translation
He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

Amplified Bible
In the daytime He led them with a cloud And all the night with a light of fire.

New American Standard Bible
Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.

World English Bible
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, All the night with a light of fire.

Geneva Bible (1587)
In the day time also hee led them with a cloude, and all the night with a light of fire.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then He led them with the cloud by dayAnd all the night with a light of fire.

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

Contemporary English Version
He guided them during the day with a cloud, and each night he led them with a flaming fire.

Complete Jewish Bible
He also led them by day with a cloud and all night long with light from a fire.

Darby Translation
And he led them with a cloud in the daytime, and all the night with the light of fire.

Easy-to-Read Version
Each day God led them with the tall cloud, and each night he led them with the light from the column of fire.

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

Good News Translation
By day he led them with a cloud and all night long with the light of a fire.

Lexham English Bible
And he led them with the cloud by day, and all night with a fiery light.

Literal Translation
And He led them by a cloud in the day, and all the night with a light of fire.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He deuyded the see and let them go thorow it, and made the waters to stonde like a wall.

American Standard Version
In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

Bible in Basic English
In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
By day also He led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

King James Version (1611)
In the day time also he led them with a cloud: and all the night with a light of fire.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the day time also he led them with a cloude: and all the night through with a light of fire.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he guided them with a cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire.

English Revised Version
In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he ledde hem forth in a cloude of the dai; and al niyt in the liytnyng of fier.

Update Bible Version
In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

New King James Version
In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

New Living Translation
In the daytime he led them by a cloud, and all night by a pillar of fire.

New Life Bible
He led them with the cloud during the day, and with a light of fire during the night.

New Revised Standard
In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all night long with a fiery light.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And led them, by a cloud, in the daytime, And all the night, by a light of fire;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(77-14) And he conducted them with a cloud by day: and all the night with a light of fire.

Revised Standard Version
In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.

Young's Literal Translation
And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.

Contextual Overview

⁹The Ephraimites, armed to the teeth, ran off when the battle began. They were cowards to God's Covenant, refused to walk by his Word. They forgot what he had done— marvels he'd done right before their eyes. He performed miracles in plain sight of their parents in Egypt, out on the fields of Zoan. He split the Sea and they walked right through it; he piled the waters to the right and the left. He led them by day with a cloud, led them all the night long with a fiery torch. He split rocks in the wilderness, gave them all they could drink from underground springs; He made creeks flow out from sheer rock, and water pour out like a river. ¹⁷All they did was sin even more, rebel in the desert against the High God. They tried to get their own way with God, clamored for favors, for special attention. They whined like spoiled children, "Why can't God give us a decent meal in this desert? Sure, he struck the rock and the water flowed, creeks cascaded from the rock. But how about some fresh-baked bread? How about a nice cut of meat?" ²¹When God heard that, he was furious— his anger flared against Jacob, he lost his temper with Israel. It was clear they didn't believe God, had no intention of trusting in his help. But God helped them anyway, commanded the clouds and gave orders that opened the gates of heaven. He rained down showers of manna to eat, he gave them the Bread of Heaven. They ate the bread of the mighty angels; he sent them all the food they could eat. He let East Wind break loose from the skies, gave a strong push to South Wind. This time it was birds that rained down— succulent birds, an abundance of birds. He aimed them right for the center of their camp; all round their tents there were birds. They ate and had their fill; he handed them everything they craved on a platter. But their greed knew no bounds; they stuffed their mouths with more and more. Finally, God was fed up, his anger erupted— he cut down their brightest and best, he laid low Israel's finest young men. ³²And—can you believe it?—they kept right on sinning; all those wonders and they still wouldn't believe! So their lives dribbled off to nothing— nothing to show for their lives but a ghost town. When he cut them down, they came running for help; they turned and pled for mercy. They gave witness that God was their rock, that High God was their redeemer, But they didn't mean a word of it; they lied through their teeth the whole time. They could not have cared less about him, wanted nothing to do with his Covenant. ³⁸And God? Compassionate! Forgave the sin! Didn't destroy! Over and over he reined in his anger, restrained his considerable wrath. He knew what they were made of; he knew there wasn't much to them, How often in the desert they had spurned him, tried his patience in those wilderness years. Time and again they pushed him to the limit, provoked Israel's Holy God. How quickly they forgot what he'd done, forgot their day of rescue from the enemy, When he did miracles in Egypt, wonders on the plain of Zoan. He turned the River and its streams to blood— not a drop of water fit to drink. He sent flies, which ate them alive, and frogs, which bedeviled them. He turned their harvest over to caterpillars, everything they had worked for to the locusts. He flattened their grapevines with hail; a killing frost ruined their orchards. He pounded their cattle with hail, let thunderbolts loose on their herds. His anger flared, a wild firestorm of havoc, An advance guard of disease-carrying angels to clear the ground, preparing the way before him. He didn't spare those people, he let the plague rage through their lives. He killed all the Egyptian firstborns, lusty infants, offspring of Ham's virility. Then he led his people out like sheep, took his flock safely through the wilderness. He took good care of them; they had nothing to fear. The Sea took care of their enemies for good. He brought them into his holy land, this mountain he claimed for his own. He scattered everyone who got in their way; he staked out an inheritance for them— the tribes of Israel all had their own places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 105:39, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:24, Exodus 40:35-38, Nehemiah 9:12, Nehemiah 9:19

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:36 - when Exodus 40:38 - fire Numbers 9:15 - the cloud Numbers 9:16 - General Numbers 14:14 - thy cloud Deuteronomy 1:31 - in the wilderness Deuteronomy 1:33 - in fire Deuteronomy 11:5 - General Deuteronomy 32:12 - the Lord Isaiah 4:5 - a cloud Jeremiah 31:2 - found Acts 7:36 - and in the wilderness 1 Corinthians 10:1 - were

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud,.... Which was in the form of a pillar, and went before them, and the Lord in it, and directed their way, and protected them from heat; see Exodus 13:21 Nehemiah 9:12 this was typical of Christ, who is a shadow and security from the heat of a fiery law, the flaming sword of justice, the wrath of God, which is poured forth like fire, the fiery darts of Satan, and from hurt by any enemy whatever; see Isaiah 4:5, and who leads his people through the wilderness of this world by his Spirit, by his word, and by his own example; and who is the best and safest guide to follow:

and all the night with a light of fire; which also was in the form of a pillar, and went before them, and gave light in the night, and the Lord was in it; and this also was typical of Christ, who is the light of his people amidst all their darkness in this world.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the day-time also he led them with a cloud - That is, the cloud was the visible symbol of his presence, and its movements determined the way in which they were to go. It was “God” who led them, and who adopted this manner of doing it, so that they had “always” with them, by day and by night, a “visible” proof of his presence. There was that with them which could not be ascribed to any natural causes, and which, therefore, “demonstrated” that God was with them, and that as long as they followed the cloud and the pillar of fire they could not err. See Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:24. They had the less excuse, therefore, for rebelling against him.

And all the night with a light of fire - A column - a pillar - which stood over the camp, and which was a symbol of the divine presence and guidance. The cloud would not be visible by night, nor would the fire be a good guide by day; and hence, the form of the symbol was changed. The same thing, however, was intended by both, and together they were standing proofs of the presence of God.