Psalms 78:14

New Living Translation

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

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Then He led them with the cloud by dayAnd 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.

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.

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

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

World English Bible
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, 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.

King James Version
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And leadeth 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.

Contextual Overview

⁹ The warriors of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned their backs and fled on the day of battle. ¹⁰ They did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his instructions. ¹¹ They forgot what he had done— the great wonders he had shown them, ¹² the miracles he did for their ancestors on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt. ¹³ For he divided the sea and led them through, making the water stand up like walls! ¹⁴ In the daytime he led them by a cloud, and all night by a pillar of fire. ¹⁵ He split open the rocks in the wilderness to give them water, as from a gushing spring. ¹⁶ He made streams pour from the rock, making the waters flow down like a river! ¹⁷ Yet they kept on sinning against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. ¹⁸ They stubbornly tested God in their hearts, demanding the foods they craved.

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.