God’s Word Translation
Psalms 105:39
39He spread out a cloud as a protective covering and a fire to light up the 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
Context of Psalms 105:39
37He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled. 38The Egyptians were terrified of Israel, so they were glad when Israel left. He spread out a cloud as a protective covering and a fire to light up the night. 40The Israelites asked, and he brought them quail and filled them with bread from heaven. 41He opened a rock, and water gushed and flowed like a river through the dry places.
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 78:14He guided them by a cloud during the day and by a fiery light throughout the night.
- Exodus 13:21By day the Lord went ahead of them in a column of smoke to lead them on their way. By night he went ahead of them in a column of fire to give them light so that they could travel by day or by night.
- Exodus 14:24Just before dawn, the Lord looked down from the column of fire and smoke and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic.
- Numbers 9:15On the day the tent of the words of God’s promise was set up, the ⌞column of⌟ smoke covered it. From evening until morning, the smoke over the tent glowed like fire.
- Nehemiah 9:12You led them during the day by a column of smoke and during the night by a column of fire to give them light to see the way they should go.
- Isaiah 4:5The Lord will create a cloud of smoke during the day and a glowing flame of fire during the night over the whole area of Mount Zion and over the assembly. His glory will cover everything.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that all our ancestors ⌞who left Egypt⌟ were under the cloud, and they all went 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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