Deuteronomy 31:15 (YLT)

Passage

and Jehovah is seen in the tent, in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud standeth at the opening of the tent.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:13 and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

Deuteronomy 31:14 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, thy days have drawn near to die; call Joshua, and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, and I charge him;' and Moses goeth--Joshua also--and they station themselves in the tent of meeting,

Deuteronomy 31:15 and Jehovah is seen in the tent, in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud standeth at the opening of the tent.

Deuteronomy 31:16 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it;

Deuteronomy 31:17 and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst--these evils have found me?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "seen", "tent", "pillar", "cloud", and "standeth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "seen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And Jehovah saith unto Moses Lo thy..." into verse 16's "And Jehovah saith unto Moses Lo thou...", so "jehovah" and "seen" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "seen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.