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The Pillars of Cloud and Fire

Exodus 13:22

In 11 translations

BSB
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
KJV
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
WEB
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn’t depart from before the people.
ASV
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.
LSV
He does not remove the pillar of the cloud by day, and the pillar of the fire by night, [from] before the people.
YLT
He removeth not the pillar of the cloud by day, and the pillar of the fire by night, [from] before the people.
DBY
The pillar of the cloud did not remove [from] before the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night.
DRC
There never failed the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before the people.
GNV
He tooke not away the pillar of ye cloude by day, nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
JPS
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.
LXXE
And the pillar of cloud failed not by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before all the people.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לֹֽא־יָמִ֞ישׁ עַמּ֤וּד הֶֽעָנָן֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְעַמּ֥וּד הָאֵ֖שׁ לָ֑יְלָה לִפְנֵ֖י הָעָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Οὐκ ἐξέλιπεν δὲ ὁ στύλος τῆς νεφέλης ἡμέρας, καὶ ὁ στύλος τοῦ πυρὸς νυκτὸς, ἐναντίον τοῦ λαοῦ παντός.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
  • Psalms 121:5–8The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand. The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul. The LORD will watch over…

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