Exodus 15:8

Exodus 15:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Context of Exodus 15:8

6Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. 7In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow and annihilate those [adversaries] who rise [in rebellion] against You; You send out Your fury, and it consumes them like chaff. With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a mound; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied against them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’ 10You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; [Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Exodus 15:8 word by word

וּבְר֤וּחַ אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ נֶ֣עֶרְמוּ מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים קָֽפְא֥וּ תְהֹמֹ֖ת בְּלֶב־יָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And with the blastרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• of thy nostrilsאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• were gathered togetherעָרַם‛âram · to pile upH6192
• the floodsנָזַלnâzal · to flowH5140
• stood uprightנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• as an heapנֵדnêd · heapH5067
• the depthsתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• were congealedקָפָאqâphâ' · to congealH7087
• in the heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Exodus 15:8

• Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all that night and turned the seabed into dry land, and the waters were divided.
• 2 Samuel 22:16The channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were uncovered At the rebuke of the Lord, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
• Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
• Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness and justice He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the downtrodden of the earth; And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
• Isaiah 37:7Listen carefully, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8Then the lawless one [the Antichrist] will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by the appearance of His coming.
• Exodus 14:22The Israelites went into the middle of the sea on dry land, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
• Psalms 78:13He divided the [Red] Sea and allowed them to pass through it, And He made the waters stand up like [water behind] a dam.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain]; The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge]. The deep uttered its voice and raged, It lifted its hands high.

Commentaries on Exodus 15:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The depths were congealed - The strong east wind ( Exodus 14:21;) employed to dry the bottom of the sea, is here represented as the blast of God's nostrils that had congealed or frozen the waters, so that they stood in heaps like a wall on the right hand and on the left.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-18Verses 1-18 With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence. In every age this song gave the tone to the poetry of Israel…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8nostrils: In other contexts, this word may be translated as anger. The hot breath from God's nose is an image of God's anger. the blast: The Hebrew word translated as breath (ruakh) is also translated as wind in 14:21 and as Spirit in Genesis 1:2. Nature is not God, but God works everywhere in nature.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel--The scene of this thanksgiving song is supposed to have been at the landing place on the eastern shore of the Red Sea, at Ayoun Musa, "the fountains of Moses." They are situated somewhat farther northward along the shore than the opposite point from which the Israelites set out. But the line of the people would be extended during the passage, and one extremity of it would reach as far north as these…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 15:8

• Blasting
• Epic
• Faith
• God Continued...
• Joy
• Poetry
• Praise
• Psalms
• Readings, Select
• Song
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

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• Holiness

Commentaries on Exodus 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings