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Psalms 78:14

78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

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In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

What does Psalms 78:14 mean?

Psalms 78:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹמָם (yôwmâm), נָחָה (nâchâh), עָנָן (ʻânân).

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In
the
daytimeיוֹמָםyôwmâm/yo-mawm'/H3119daily
also
he
ledנָחָהnâchâh/naw-khaw'/H5148to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
them
with
a
cloud,עָנָןʻânân/aw-nawn'/H6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
and
all
the
nightלַיִלlayil/lah'-yil/H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
with
a
lightאוֹרʼôwr/ore/H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
of
fire.אֵשׁʼêsh/aysh/H784fire (literally or figuratively)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:14.

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 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.

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 14:20

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 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.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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What does Psalms 78:14 say?

Psalms 78:14 (King James Version) reads: "In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire."

Is Psalms 78:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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