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Numbers 9:16
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KJ21
So it was always: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
ASV
So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
AMP
So it was continuously; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
AMPC
So it was constantly; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
BRG
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
CSB
It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it, appearing like fire at night.
CSBA
It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it, appearing like fire at night.
CEB
It was always there. The cloud covered it by day, appearing with lightning at night.
CJB
So the cloud always covered it, and it looked like fire at night.
CEV
As soon as the sacred tent was set up, a thick cloud appeared and covered it. The cloud was there each day, and during the night, a fire could be seen in it.
DARBY
So it was continually: the cloud covered it, and at night it was as the appearance of fire.
DRA
So it was always: by day the cloud covered it, and by night as it were the appearance of fire.
ERV
The cloud stayed over the Holy Tent all the time. And at night the cloud looked like fire.
EASY
It was like that all the time. The cloud covered it during the day. But at night, the cloud seemed to have fire in it.
EHV
It was always like this: The cloud would cover the Dwelling, and at night it looked like fire.
ESV
So it was always: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
ESVUK
So it was always: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
EXB
The cloud stayed above the ·Tent [Tabernacle], and at night it looked like fire.
GNV
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
GW
The smoke always glowed this way. At night the smoke covering the tent glowed like fire.
GNT
On the day the Tent of the Lord's presence was set up, a cloud came and covered it. At night the cloud looked like fire.
HCSB
It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it, appearing like fire at night.
ICB
The cloud stayed above the Tent. At night it looked like fire.
ISV
It was so continuously—there was a cloud covering by day, and a fire cloud appeared at night.
JUB
So it was always: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
KJV
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
AKJV
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
LSB
So it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
LEB
So it was continually; the cloud would cover it and the appearance of fire by night.
TLB
It was always so—the daytime Cloud changing to the appearance of fire at night.
MSG
The day The Dwelling was set up, the Cloud covered The Dwelling of the Tent of Testimony. From sunset until daybreak it was over The Dwelling. It looked like fire. It was like that all the time, the Cloud over The Dwelling and at night looking like fire.
MEV
So it was always. The cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
NOG
The smoke always glowed this way. At night the smoke covering the tent glowed like fire.
NABRE
It was always so: during the day the cloud covered the tabernacle and at night had the appearance of fire.
NASB
That is how it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
NASB1995
So it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
NCB
The cloud covered it by day and fire by night.
NCV
The cloud stayed above the Tent, and at night it looked like fire.
NET
This is the way it used to be continually: The cloud would cover it by day, and there was a fiery appearance by night.
NIRV
That’s what continued to happen. The cloud covered the tent. At night the cloud looked like fire.
NIV
That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.
NIVUK
That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.
NKJV
So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
NLV
It was like this always. The cloud would cover it during the day. What looked like fire would cover it during the night.
NLT
This was the regular pattern—at night the cloud that covered the Tabernacle had the appearance of fire.
NRSVA
It was always so: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
NRSVACE
It was always so: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
NRSVCE
It was always so: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
NRSVUE
It was always so: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
OJB
So it was tamid: the Anan covered it by day, and the appearance of eish by lailah.
RGT
So it was always. The cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
RSV
So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
RSVCE
So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night.
TLV
It was that way continually. The cloud covered it, and by night it appeared like fire.
VOICE
And so it continued—cloud cover by day, and something like fiery storm clouds at night.
WEB
So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
WYC
Thus it was done continually, a cloud covered it by day, and as the likeness of fire by night. (Thus it was done continually, that a cloud stood over it by day, and a brightness like fire during the night.)
YLT
so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night.
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