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Psalms 105:39
39He spread a cloud as a covering and fire to give light at 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
37Then He brought them out with silver and gold, and no one among His tribes faltered. 38Egypt was glad when they left— for dread of them had fallen on them. He spread a cloud as a covering and fire to give light at night. 40They asked, and He brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41He opened a rock, and waters gushed out, flowed as a river in 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 78:14By day He led them with a cloud and all night with a light of fire.
- Exodus 13:21Adonai went before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead the way and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light. So they could travel both day and night.
- Exodus 14:24Now it came about during the morning watch that Adonai looked at the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and caused the army of the Egyptians to panic.
- Numbers 9:15On the day the Tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the Tabernacle. By evening until morning, the cloud above the Tent of Testimony had an appearance like fire.
- Nehemiah 9:12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illuminate for them the way they were to go.
- Isaiah 4:5then Adonai will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her convocations, a cloud by day, and smoke and shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all, glory will be a canopy.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, 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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