Parallel Verses
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 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.
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.
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.
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 You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst. 21 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. 22 "You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:7
All along the way I, the Lord your God, have blessed your every effort. I have been attentive to your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have been with you; you have lacked for nothing.'"
Deuteronomy 8:4
Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.
Exodus 16:35
Now the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was inhabited; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 14:33-34
and your children will wander in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie finished in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 29:5
I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated.
Psalm 34:10
Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Amos 5:25
You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel.
Acts 13:18
For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.