English Standard Version
Psalms 105:39
39He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
Psalms 105:39 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- New International Version (NIV)He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.
Context of Psalms 105:39
37Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled. 38Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it. He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night. 40They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. 41He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river.
Read all of Psalms 105Psalms 105:39 word by word
פָּרַ֣שׂ עָנָ֣ן לְמָסָ֑ךְ וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לְהָאִ֥יר לָֽיְלָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 105:39
- Psalms 78:14In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light.
- Exodus 13:21And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
- Exodus 14:24And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
- Numbers 9:15On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.
- Nehemiah 9:12By a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go.
- Isaiah 4:5Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
Commentaries on Psalms 105:39
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39He spread a cloud for a covering - See the notes at Psalm 78:14. In Numbers 10:34; it is said that “the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day,” and from this seems to have been derived the idea of its “covering” them, as if it were a protection from the heat in the desert.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-45Verses 24-45 As the believer commonly thrives best in his soul when under the cross; so the church also flourishes most in true holiness, and increases in number, while under persecution. Yet instruments shall be raised up for their deliverance, and plagues may be expected by persecutors. And see the special care God took of his people in the wilderness. All the benefits bestowed on Israel as a nation, were shadows of spiritual blessings with which we are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39The Lord’s presence was as evident to all as a fire in the darkness (Exodus 13:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. covering--in sense of protection (compare Ex 13:21; Nu 10:34). In the burning sands of the desert the cloud protected the congregation from the heat of the sun; an emblem of God's protecting favor of His people, as interpreted by Isaiah (Is 4:5, 6; compare Nu 9:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 105
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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