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Nehemiah 9:19

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

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ASV

yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.

KJV

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
בְּרַחֲמֶ֣יךָbe.ra.cha.Mei.khain compassion<s> yourH7356 →
הָֽרַבִּ֔יםha.ra.Bim<the> greatH7227 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
עֲזַבְתָּ֖ם'a.zav.Tamyou abandoned themH5800 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַמּ֣וּד'a.Mud[the] pillar ofH5982 →
הֶ֠עָנָןHe.'a.non<the> cloudH6051 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
סָ֨רsarit departedH5493 →
מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֤םme.'a.lei.Hemfrom over <the> themH5921 →
בְּיוֹמָם֙be.yo.Mamin daytime theirH3117 →
לְהַנְחֹתָ֣םle.han.cho.Tamto lead themH5148 →
בְּהַדֶּ֔רֶךְbe.ha.De.rekhin the wayH1870 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
עַמּ֨וּד'a.Mud[the] pillar ofH5982 →
הָאֵ֤שׁha.'Esh<the> fireH784 →
בְּלַ֙יְלָה֙be.Lay.lahat nightH3915 →
לְהָאִ֣ירle.ha.'Irto light upH215 →
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemfor them
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhthe wayH1870 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יֵֽלְכוּ־ye.le.khu-they walkedH1980 →
בָֽהּ׃Vahin it

The walk

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Exodus 13:21And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.Nehemiah 9:27So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.Exodus 40:36Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.Psalms 105:39He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.Nehemiah 9:12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.Numbers 9:15On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.Numbers 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against HimNumbers 10:34And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.Exodus 13:21–22And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.1 Corinthians 10:1–2I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.Ezekiel 20:22But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.Psalms 106:7–8Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.Numbers 9:15–22On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

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