King James Version
Psalms 78:14 in the King James Version says “In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.”
Psalms 78:14 · KJV
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“also he led”
H5148to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
“them with a cloud”
H6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
“with a light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
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