Exodus 40:37
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New International Version (©2011)
but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out--until the day it lifted.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But if the cloud did not rise, they remained where they were until it lifted.

English Standard Version (©2001)
But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the day that it was taken up.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
If the cloud was not taken up, they did not set out until the day it was taken up.

International Standard Version (©2012)
but if the cloud was not lifted up, they would not set out until it was lifted up,

NET Bible (©2006)
but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But if the column didn't move, they wouldn't break camp.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

American King James Version
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

American Standard Version
but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If it hung over, they remained in the same place.

Darby Bible Translation
And if the cloud were not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up.

English Revised Version
but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

Webster's Bible Translation
But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

World English Bible
but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that it was taken up.

Young's Literal Translation
and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up:

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

40:34-38 The cloud covered the tabernacle even in the clearest day; it was not a cloud which the sun scatters. This cloud was a token of God's presence to be seen day and night, by all Israel, that they might never again question, Is the Lord among us, or is he not? It guided the camp of Israel through the wilderness. While the cloud rested on the tabernacle, they rested; when it removed, they followed it. The glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. In light and fire the Shechinah made itself visible: God is Light; our God is a consuming Fire. Yet so dazzling was the light, and so dreadful the fire, that Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, till the splendour was abated. But what Moses could not do, our Lord Jesus has done, whom God caused to draw near; and who has invited us to come boldly, even to the mercy-seat. Being taught by the Holy Spirit to follow the example of Christ, as well as to depend upon him, to attend his ordinances, and obey his precepts, we shall be kept from losing our way, and be led in the midst of the paths of judgment, till we come to heaven, the habitation of his holiness. BLESSED BE GOD FOR JESUS CHRIST!

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not,.... Even if it continued so two days, or a month, or a year, as very probably it sometimes did; which will in some measure account for the long continuance of the Israelites in the wilderness, see Numbers 9:22.

till the day that it was taken up: or, "of its ascent" (f), being "lifted up", or going upwards, higher in the air, right over the tabernacle, or perhaps more to the front of it; the word used before in this and the preceding verse has the signification of ascending upwards.

(f) "sustolli ejus", Montanus.

Exodus 40:37 Parallel Commentaries
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The Glory of the Lord
…36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Numbers 9:19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD's order and did not set out.
Numbers 9:22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out.