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Psalms 105:39

105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

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He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

What does Psalms 105:39 mean?

Psalms 105:39 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּרַשׂ (pâras), עָנָן (ʻânân), מָסָךְ (mâçâk).

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He
spreadפָּרַשׂpâras/paw-ras'/H6566to break apart, disperse, etc.
a
cloudעָנָןʻânân/aw-nawn'/H6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
for
a
covering;מָסָךְmâçâk/maw-sawk'/H4539a cover, i.e. veil
and
fireאֵשׁʼêsh/aysh/H784fire (literally or figuratively)
to
give
lightאוֹרʼôwr/ore/H215to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
in
the
night.לַיִלlayil/lah'-yil/H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 105:39.

Exodus 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:

Exodus 13:22

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 14:20

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

2 Samuel 17:19

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Exodus 12:8

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

Exodus 24:18

And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

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What does Psalms 105:39 say?

Psalms 105:39 (King James Version) reads: "He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night."

Is Psalms 105:39 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 105:39 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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