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Numbers 9:16

So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

KJV

Sic fiebat jugiter : per diem operiebat illud nubes, et per noctem quasi species ignis.

Vulgate

οὕτως ἐγίνετο διὰ παντός, ἡ νεφέλη ἐκάλυπτεν αὐτὴν ἡμέρας καὶ εἶδος πυρὸς τὴν νύκτα.

LXX

So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

ASV

כֵּ֚ן יִהְיֶ֣ה תָמִ֔יד הֶ/עָנָ֖ן יְכַסֶּ֑/נּוּ וּ/מַרְאֵה אֵ֖שׁ לָֽיְלָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
מַרְאֶ֖ה
mr'h
noun · 104×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Neh 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.