Psalms 78:14
He led them by a bright cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 13:21When they traveled during the daytime, Yahweh went in front of them in a tall white cloud to show them the way. During the night, he went in front of them in a tall cloud that looked like a fire. By doing that, he enabled them to travel in the daytime and also at nighttime.
Exodus 40:35Because that light was very bright, Moses/I was not able to enter the Sacred Tent.
Deuteronomy 11:5Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place.
Nehemiah 9:19“Because you always act mercifully, you did not abandon them when they were in the desert. The bright cloud which was like a huge pillar continued to lead them during the daytime, and the fiery cloud showed them where to walk at night.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →