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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.

KJV

Et in columna nubis ductor eorum fuisti per diem, et in columna ignis per noctem, ut appareret eis via per quam ingrediebantur.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης ὡδήγησας αὐτοὺς ἡμέρας καὶ ἐν στύλῳ πυρὸς τὴν νύκτα, τοῦ φωτίσαι αὐτοῖς τὴν ὁδὸν ἐν ᾗ πορεύσονται ἐν αὐτῇ.

LXX

Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

ASV

וּ/בְ/עַמּ֣וּד עָנָ֔ן הִנְחִיתָ֖/ם יוֹמָ֑ם וּ/בְ/עַמּ֥וּד אֵשׁ֙ לַ֔יְלָה לְ/הָאִ֣יר לָ/הֶ֔ם אֶת הַ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֵֽלְכוּ בָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הָאִ֣יר
h'yr
verb · 42×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
ם
m
verb · 38×
עַמּ֣וּד
'mvd
noun · 112×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:36 — He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
  • Deut 1:31 — And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
  • Deut 1:33 — Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
  • Exod 13:21 — 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:
  • Exod 13:21 — 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:
  • Exod 14:19 — And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
  • Hab 3:4 — And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
  • Isa 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 defen
  • Jer 2:2 — Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that
  • Josh 24:7 — And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in th
  • Neh 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 the
  • Neh 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 the
  • Num 9:16 — So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
  • Num 10:34 — And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
  • Num 14:14 — And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that t
  • Ps 31:3 — For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
  • Ps 78:14 — In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
  • Ps 78:14 — In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
  • Ps 78:52 — But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
  • Ps 105:39 — He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
  • Ps 105:39 — He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
  • Ps 107:7 — And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
  • Ps 143:8 — Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.