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Definition: Sometimes |
SometimesAdverb1. On certain occasions or in certain cases but not always; "sometimes she wished she were back in England"; "sometimes her photography is breathtaking"; "sometimes they come for a month; at other times for six months". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sometimes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Note: Sometimes \Some"times`\, adjective. Former; sometime. [Obsolete]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Phrase: "action is eloquence"; actions speak louder than words; actum aiunt ne agas; "awake, arise, or be forever fall'n"; dii pia facta vident; faire sans dire; fare fac; fronte capillata post est occasio calva; " our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts"; "the great end of life is not knowledge but action "; "thought is the soul of act"; vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir; "we live in deeds not years". |
Benevolence | Phrase: " act a charity sometimes "; " a tender heart, a will inflexible "; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; " kind words are more than coronets "; quando amigo pide no hay manana; " the social smile, the sympathetic tear ". |
Frequency | Sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sometimes |
| Specialty definitions using "sometimes": Homer Sometimes Nods. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sometimes": Yead. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But it helps me remember and I need to remember Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) There's sometimes a buggy (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch) I get confused sometimes. (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) Sometimes plays 15 or 20 hours at a time, just him against the house (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward) I guess sometimes there just aren't enough rocks (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) | |
Lyrics | Sometimes I'm scared of you (Sometimes; performing artist: Britney spears) And sometimes when we touch (Sometimes When We Touch; performing artist: Dan Hill) So I cry sometimes when I'm lying in my bed (What's up; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes) BUT I GET NERVOUS SOMETIMES (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah) Woo want you call me sometimes papa (How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore; performing artist: Alicia Keys) | |
Clever | Sometimes too much drink is barely enough. (references; author: Mark Twain) I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. (references; author: unknown) A signature always reveals a man's character...and sometimes even his name. (references; author: unknown) Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. (references; author: unknown) Life is like an onion: You peel it off layer by layer, and sometimes you cry. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sometimes Good (1934) Canaries Sometimes Sing (1930) Sometimes It Works (1914) | |
Song Titles | Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough (performing artist: Patty Smyth w/Don Henley) Smiling Faces Sometimes (performing artist: The Undisputed Truth) | |
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 | Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). |  | Using laser light, CDC laboratory scientists sometimes work with a confocal microscope when diagnosing various pathogens. Credit: CDC. |
 | Legionnaire's disease is an acute and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacterium. Headache, high fever, cough, and flu-like symptoms accompany the condition. Credit: CDC. |  | Snarled anchor cable and current meter cables Sometimes things go seriously wrong Current studies in SE Alaska. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Oops!!! Buoy pulled under by strong currents under Golden Gate Bridge In spite of the best laid plans, sometimes things go awry Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Sometimes fisheries folks do the darndest things!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Probing for crevasses on Skelton Glacier - progress sometimes only a mile/day. Note lifelines on men probing. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Close up of worm tubes, sometimes the most prominent structures on sandy bottom. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Tilefish live in burrows, sometimes forming undersea Pueblo villages. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Figure 1. A drilled roller (round boulder) used as a sounding weight. Figure 2 . Ordinary sounding lead weight, sometimes attaining many kilograms. The lead dates from the Christian era. The trapezoidal form with a recess for tallow and acquiring bottom samples dates from a few centuries back. In this form, millio ns of sounding were made. Fig. 3. French sounding lead used in many expeditions. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "On the move" by Keith Corcoran Commentary: "Walking on the way home I try to snap whatever I can.. digital film is free so snap away. Sometimes I get something decent. www.k eithcorcoran.com ." | "Dreaming" by Yew Leong Commentary: "Sometimes is nice to look up." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Disraeli | Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness. |
Charles Dickens | Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess! |
George Herbert | Sometimes the best gain is to lose. |
Horace | Sometimes even good old Homer nods. |
John Milton | Few sometimes may know, when thousands err. |
Samuel Butler | In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved. |
Senator John F. Kennedy. | Sometimes party loyalty asks too much. |
Seneca | Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. |
Smollett | Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | All which distinct powers happening sometimes together in the same man, if he be considered under these different relations, it may help us to distinguish these powers one from wealth, a father of a family, and a captain of a galley. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | But sometimes of an evening, before we went to cards, he would read something aloud out of the Elegant Extracts, very entertaining |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Sometimes he says things that only the Other Professor can understand |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | She broke continually into shouts of a wild, inarticulate, and sometimes piercing music |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Once I would not have spoken as I have now, but so many misfortunes have befallen me that sometimes I do not know what I am saying |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Mr Harford went to and fro making little signs in red pencil and sometimes sitting beside the boy to show him how to hold the pen. |
Brighton Beach Memoirs | Neil Simon | Sometimes I think the flutter in her heart is really in her brain |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Sometimes a fella got to sift the law. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Sometimes the quarrel between two princes is to which of them shall dispossess a third of his dominions, where neither of them pretend to any right |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is good bait sometimes, I allow |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Parents sometimes lose their tempers. (references) | |
HCTZ is sometimes combined with amiloride. (references) | ||
And more cancer treatment sometimes occurs. (references) | ||
Business | Wind energy is sometimes promoted by the public sector. (references) | |
However, local authorities sometimes infringed on this right. (references) | ||
Women are sometimes the unintended victims of economic reforms. (references) | ||
Children | Malaysia | Thus, Shari'a sometimes punishes the victims of statutory rape. (references) |
Swaziland | Children convicted of crimes sometimes are caned as punishment. (references) | |
Mozambique | Street children sometimes are beaten by police and frequently are victims of sexual abuse. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Rallies and demonstrations sometimes turn violent. (references) |
Malaysia | Academics sometimes are publicly critical of the Government. (references) | |
Malaysia | Approvals for such permits sometimes were granted very slowly. (references) | |
Discrimination | Swaziland | Mixed race citizens sometimes experience governmental and societal discrimination. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | Local human rights groups are concerned that these laws often are not enforced, either as a result of institutionalized discrimination, or because resources for implementing those laws, or mechanisms for their enforcement, sometimes are lacking. (references) | |
Economic History | Azerbaijan | Delays are common and sometimes unexplained. (references) |
Human Rights | Malaysia | Police sometimes abuse detainees. (references) |
Fiji | The law sometimes treats women differently from men. (references) | |
Namibia | Prison guards allegedly sometimes abused female prisoners. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Thailand | They sometimes are denied adequate education and health care. (references) |
Indonesia | Transmigrants sometimes are settled on land who ownership is disputed. (references) | |
Cameroon | While no legal discrimination exists, other groups often treat Pygmies as inferior and sometimes subject them to unfair and exploitative labor practices. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | Public servants sometimes used anti-Romani hate speech. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | All ethnic groups sometimes practice societal discrimination on the basis of ethnicity. (references) | |
Greece | The sometimes difficult relationship between Albania and Greece intensified the problem. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | This process sometimes continued for days. (references) |
Austria | Politics sometimes intrudes on business decisions. (references) | |
Liberia | Prison conditions remained harsh and sometimes life threatening. (references) | |
Political Rights | Yemen | Ministers frequently are called to Parliament to defend actions, policies, or proposed legislation, although they may and sometimes do refuse to appear. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | Roadblocks impeded the opposition's ability to travel; and opposition leaders were detained intermittently and sometimes were mistreated, tortured, or assessed stiff fines. (references) | |
Greece | Romani representatives report that local authorities sometimes deprived Roma of the right to vote by refusing to register them; however, Romani representatives also report that some municipalities encourage Roma to register. (references) | |
Trade | Barbados | Sometimes, a bond must be posted to ensure the re-export of the goods. (references) |
El Salvador | Informal "fees" are sometimes requested by officials to expedite routine tasks. (references) | |
Burma | Foreign firms sometimes avoid the official exchange rate by paying for services in dollars. (references) | |
Travel | Costa Rica | Signage is poor and sometimes confusing. (references) |
Mexico | Entrance examinations are sometimes required. (references) | |
Botswana | Even carefully arranged meetings may sometimes start late. (references) | |
Women | Zimbabwe | It occurs throughout the country and sometimes results in death. (references) |
Bangladesh | Marriages in rural areas sometimes are not registered because of ignorance of the law. (references) | |
Congo | Women sometimes are forced into prostitution by their families out of economic necessity. (references) | |
Worker Rights | India | Persons sometimes are sold into virtual slavery. (references) |
Azerbaijan | The ATUC sometimes helps plaintiffs with lawyers and legal advice. (references) | |
Ghana | They are paid poorly, if at all, and sometimes are molested or abused. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also, as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence. Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord, Wedded a wandering English lord -- Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw," A parent who throve by the practice of Draw. Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age. Among them, cupidity caused him to urge Repeated demands on the pocket of Splurge, Till, wrecked in his fortune, that gentleman saw Inadequate aid in the practice of Draw, And took, as a means of augmenting his pelf, To the business of being a lord himself. His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career. He painted his neck an incarnadine hue Each morning and varnished it all that he knew. The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. His head was enroofed with a billycock hat, And his low-necked shoes were aduncous and flat. In speech he eschewed his American ways, Denying his nose to the use of his A's And dulling their edge till the delicate sense Of a babe at their temper could take no offence. His H's -- 'twas most inexpressibly sweet, The patter they made as they fell at his feet! Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career. Alas, the Divinity shaping his end Entertained other views and decided to send His lordship in horror, despair and dismay From the land of the nobleman's natural prey. For, smit with his Old World ways, Lady Cadde Fell -- suffering Caesar! -- in love with her dad! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ben Kingsley | There is a method. I mean, I can't always apply it, because sometimes I have to work. Because I've got four children, et cetera, et cetera. |
Dennis Miller | We're discovering that not only do good times not last forever, but sometimes they never even existed in the first place. |
Gene Wilder | I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else. |
Jodie Foster | I like to nap. I do like to sleep. Sometimes I sleep in between takes. Especially when you're pregnant, you need your sleep. |
John McCain | Oh, you just try to hang on. And you don't always succeed. Sometimes you give in. I failed. I failed. I failed. |
Laura Schlessinger | Sometimes. You know, I'm surprised how many people calling my show will describe themselves honestly. It's just that when you're in a pit, you don't always know how to get out. |
Michael Chertoff | Nineteen airmen killed, a lot of local people were killed. It was not al Qaeda, it was Hezbollah, which is a separate group, although they sometimes work together. |
Rosie O'Donnell | Sometimes I do, I miss it, when I read a good script or see a great movie, and I think, I would have loved to do that. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Across all continents, nearly a billion people seek, sometimes almost in desperation, for the skills and knowledge and assistance by which they may satisfy from their own resources, the material wants common to all mankind. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | We sometimes chafe at the burden of our obligations, the complexity of our decisions, the agony of our choices. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | But in the recent past, we sometimes forgot the sound principles that guided us through most of our history. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Our role has been difficult and sometimes thankless and controversial. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Well, sometimes, even here in Washington, the cynics are wrong. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Some see leadership as high drama, and the sound of trumpets calling, and sometimes it is that. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Sometimes" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sometimes" is used about 20,496 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 20,495 | 434 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20,496 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sometimes": homer sometimes nods ♦ sometimes sometimes ♦ sometimes here sometimes there. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sometimes": behaviour-sometimes, friends-sometimes, s-sometimes. | |
Containing "sometimes": boring-but-sometimes-funny. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sometimes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | somtyds (several, several times). (various references) | |
Albanian | nganjëherë (at times, occasionally, on and off, once, once in a while, whiles), ngandonjëherë, ndonjëherë (ever, never, once, yet), herë pas here (ever and anon, frequently, here and there, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on occasion, periodically). (various references) | |
Arabic | ربما (perhaps), أحيانا (at times, occasionally, on occasion), بين الفينة و الفينة (occasionally). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | понякога (at times, now and then, occasionally). (various references) | |
Chinese | 有時候 , 有時 (before deadline, now and then, on schedule, on time), 有时. (various references) | |
Czech | obèas (at times, every now and then, every so often, now and then, occasionally, once in a while), nìkdy (at times, ever, once, sometime), někdy. (various references) | |
Danish | undertiden (several times). (various references) | |
Dutch | op een keer (on occasion, once), eens (at some time, ever, on occasion, once, one time, sometime). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kelkfoje (several times), foje (on occasion, once). (various references) | |
Faeroese | stundum (on occasion, once, several times), við hvørt (several times), einaferð (at some time, ever, on occasion, once, sometime). (various references) | |
Finnish | vuoroin .., vuoroin (now, now . ., sometimes . .), välistä (between), väliin (between), toisinaan (at times, now and then, occassionally), joskus (at times). (various references) | |
French | quelquefois, parfois. (various references) | |
Frisian | bytiden (several times). (various references) | |
German | manchmal (several times, sometime). (various references) | |
Greek | κάπου κάπου, μερικέσ φορέσ, μερικές φορές, πότε πότε, ενίοτε (ever, occasionally, whiles). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפעמים (from time to time, occasionally). (various references) | |
Hungarian | néha (at times, every now and again, every now and then, now and then, occasionally, once in a while, several times). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kadangkala (ocassionally), kadang-kadang (ocassionally). (various references) | |
Irish | amanta. (various references) | |
Italian | talvolta (at times, several, several times), qualche volta (several, several times). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 時おり , 時時 , 時時 , 時折 , 時々 , 時として (in some cases, on occasions), 往往 (often), 往々にして (from time to time, now and then, occasionally), 往々 (often), 寄り寄り . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おうおうにして (from time to time, now and then, occasionally), おうおう (often), よりより, ときおり, ときどき, ときとして (in some cases, on occasions). (various references) | |
Korean | 때때로. (various references) | |
Lombard | ona quej volta (several times). (various references) | |
Manx | ny keayrtyn (many a time), ny cheayrtyn (every now and then, periodic). (various references) | |
Papiamen | tin bia (several times), algun bes (several times), akaso (several times). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ometimessay.(various references) | |
Polish | pewnego razu (on occasion, once). (various references) | |
Portuguese | às vezes (occasionally, sometime, whiles). (various references) | |
Romanian | uneori (occasionally, several times). (various references) | |
Russian | иногда (at times, every here and there, every now and then, every so often, off and on, on and off, on occasion, once, once and again, once in a way, once in a while). (various references) | |
Scottish | uaireannan (several times). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ponekad (once in a while), nekada (erstwhile, old: of old, then, time: at one time, yore: of yore). (various references) | |
Spanish | a veces (at times, occasionally, once in a while, several times, sometime). (various references) | |
Swahili | pengine (several times). (various references) | |
Swedish | ibland (among, between, now and again, occasionally, once in a while, several times), emellanåt (at times, from time to time, occasionally, several times), stundom. (various references) | |
Thai | บางครั้ง (now and again, now and then). (various references) | |
Turkish | bazen (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, from time to time, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, sometime), bazan (several times), arada sırada (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, every now and then), ara sıra (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, by snatches, ever and anon, every now and then, every once in a while, from time to time, in places, in snatches, now and again, now and then, occasionally, off and on, on and off, on occasion, once in a while). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kдwagt, kдte, kдmahal, hernд (always, as it were), зendan (here, occasionally), aram-aram (now and then). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | іноді (at times, between whiles, ever end again, here and there, now and again, occasionally, on and off, on occasion, sometime), колись (afore, aforetime, at one time, before, before now, erst, ever, formerly, once, one day, sometime). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lúc thì, lắm lúc, đôi lúc (always), đôi khi (once, time). (various references) | |
Welsh | weithiau (several times). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aliquando, interdum, nonnumquam. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | hakeret. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Numbers Chapter 9, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai estai otan genhtai h nefelh af' esperaV ewV prwi kai anabh h nefelh to prwi kai aparousin hmeraV h nuktoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si fuisset nubes a vespere usque mane et statim diluculo tabernaculum reliquisset proficiscebantur et si post diem et noctem recessisset dissipabant tentoria |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And if the clowd were fro euen to the morwe, and anoon the morwe tide laft of, thei wenten forthe; and if aftir day and nyyt it yede awey, thei scaterden the tentes. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And yf it happened that the cloude was apon the habitacion from euen vnto mornynge and was taken vpp in ye mornynge then they iurneyed. Whether it was by daye or by nyghte that ye cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And so it was, when the cloud abode from evening to the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward. |
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| Language | Numbers Chapter 9, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Ug usahay ang panganod mopabilin sukad sa hapon hangtud sa pagkabuntag; ug kong ang panganod magapataas sa pagkabuntag, sila manlakaw: kun kini mopadayon sa adlaw ug sa gabii, sa diha nga mopataas ang panganod, sila manlakaw. |
| Croatian | Ako bi se oblak digao pošto se zadržao od veèeri do jutra, oni bi tada ujutro krenuli na put. Danju ili noæu, kad bi se oblak digao, oni bi krenuli na put. |
| Danish | Og det hændte, at Skyen kun blev der fra Aften til Morgen; når Skyen da løftede sig om Morgenen, brød de op. Eller den blev der en Dag og en Nat; når Skyen da løftede sig, brød de op. |
| Dutch | Maar was het, dat de wolk van den avond tot den morgen daar was, en de wolk in den morgen opgeheven werd, zo verreisden zij; of des daags, of des nachts, als de wolk opgeheven werd, zo verreisden zij. |
| Finnish | Ja joskus pilvi pysyi paikallaan vain illasta aamuun ja kohosi aamulla; silloinkin he lähtivät liikkeelle. Tahi jos pilvi pysyi päivän ja yön ja sitten kohosi, niin he lähtivät liikkeelle. |
| French | Si la nuée s`arrêtait du soir au matin, et s`élevait le matin, ils partaient. Si la nuée s`élevait après un jour et une nuit, ils partaient. |
| German | Wenn die Wolke da war von Abend bis an den Morgen und sich dann erhob, so zogen sie; oder wenn sie sich des Tages oder des Nachts erhob, so zogen sie auch. |
| Haitian Creole | Gen de lè nwaj la rete sèlman pou yon nwit anwo tant lan, depi aswè jouk nan denmen maten. Leve nwaj la leve nan maten, yo menm tou yo leve, yo pati. Gen de fwa tou, li te rete yon jou yon nwit. Leve nwaj la leve, yo menm tou yo leve, yo pati. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kadang-kadang awan itu hanya tinggal dari petang sampai pagi, dan waktu awan itu naik di pagi hari, mereka pun berangkat. Kapan saja awan itu naik, baik siang atau malam, mereka berangkat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikianpun apabila awan itu berhenti hanya dari pada petang datang ke pagi hari, dan pada pagi hari awan itu diangkat, maka berangkatlah mereka itu, baik siang baik malam, apabila terangkat awan itu, maka berjalanlah mereka itu. |
| Italian | Se la nube si fermava dalla sera alla mattina e si alzava la mattina, subito riprendevano il cammino; o se dopo un giorno e una notte la nube si alzava, allora riprendevano il cammino. |
| Maori | A i etahi wa i tuturu te kapua i te ahiahi taea noatia te ata; a ka riro ake te kapua i te ata, na ka haere ratou: ahakoa he ao, he po ranei, i riro ake ai te kapua, i haere ano ratou. |
| Norwegian | Men stundom hendte det at skyen var der bare fra aften til morgen; når da skyen løftet sig om morgenen, brøt de op. Eller den var der en dag og en natt; når da skyen løftet sig, brøt de op. |
| Portuguese | Outras vezes ficava a nuvem desde a tarde até pela manhã; e quando pela manhã a nuvem se alçava, eles partiam; ou de dia ou de noite, alçando-se a nuvem, partiam. |
| Rumanian | Dacq norul se oprea de seara pknq dimineaya, wi se ridica dimineaya, atunci porneau wi ei. Dacq norul se ridica dupq o zi wi o noapte, atunci porneau wi ei. |
| Spanish | Cuando la nube se det |
