Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.
New American Standard Bible
Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.
King James Version
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Holman Bible
and they lacked nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
and their feet did not swell.
International Standard Version
You sustained them in the wilderness for 40 years. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
A Conservative Version
Yea, forty years thou sustained them in the wilderness, [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.
American Standard Version
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Amplified
“Indeed, for forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,
Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
Darby Translation
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
Julia Smith Translation
And forty years thou didst nourish them in the desert; they wanted not; their garments fell not away, and their feet swelled not
King James 2000
Yea, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Forty years you sustained them in the desert--they were not in need. Their clothing did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
Modern King James verseion
And forty years You sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing; their clothes did not become old, and their feet did not swell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Forty years long madest thou provision for them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing: their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
NET Bible
For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
New Heart English Bible
"Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea, forty years, didst thou sustain them in the desert, they lacked nothing, - their mantles, waxed not old and, their feet, swelled not.
Webster
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
World English Bible
"Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn't grow old, and their feet didn't swell.
Youngs Literal Translation
and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.
Themes
Clothing » Of the israelites, did not become old
journey of israel through the Desert » Their clothing preserved during
Ingratitude to God » Punishment of
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Kuwl
Chacer
Balah
Regel
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 9:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Confesses
20 And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it. 21 Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired. 22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land: so they took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:7
For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.
Deuteronomy 8:4
Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
Exodus 16:35
And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 14:33-34
And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.
Deuteronomy 8:2
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
Deuteronomy 29:5
For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.
Psalm 34:10
The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
Amos 5:25
Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?
Acts 13:18
And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.