Exodus 15:21

Exodus 15:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”

Context of Exodus 15:21

19Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his soldiers went into the sea. Then the Lord made the waters of the sea come back over them. But the Israelites walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground.’ 20Then Miriam, Aaron's sister, who was a prophet, took a tambourine in her hand. All the other women followed her, with tambourines in their hands. They danced while Miriam sang to them. This is the song that she sang: ‘Sing to the Lord, because he has shown his great power. He threw horses and their riders into the sea.’ 22Then Moses led the Israelites away from the Red Sea. They travelled into the desert called Shur. They walked into the desert for three days and they could not find any water to drink. 23Then they arrived at Marah. But they could not drink the water there because it was too bitter. That is why they called that place ‘Marah’.

Exodus 15:21 word by word

וַתַּ֥עַן לָהֶ֖ם מִרְיָ֑ם שִׁ֤ירוּ לַֽיהוָה֙ כִּֽי־גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ רָמָ֥ה בַיָּֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Miriamמִרְיָםmiryâm · MiriamH4813
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to singH6030
• them, Singשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
• ye to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• for he hath triumphedגָּאָהgâ'âh · to rise upH1342
• the horseסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• and his riderרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392
• hath he thrownרָמָהrâmâh · to shootH7411
• into the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Exodus 15:21

• 1 Samuel 18:7They sang this song while they danced: ‘Saul has killed thousands of his enemies. And David has killed tens of thousands of his enemies.’
• 2 Chronicles 5:13All these musicians made nice music together. They joined together to praise the Lord and to thank him. The singers sang loudly to the music of the trumpets, the cymbals and the other musical instruments. They loudly sang these words to praise the Lord: ‘He is good! His faithful love continues for ever!’ Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple.
• Psalms 24:7Old gates of the city, wake up! Open now, to leave a wide path! Then the great king will come in.
• Psalms 134:1Listen, all you servants of the Lord, come and praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, all you who serve him in his temple during the night.
• Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to praise the Lord: ‘I will sing to the Lord, because he has shown his great power. He threw horses and their riders into the sea.
• Judges 5:3Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to worship the Lord. Yes, I will praise him with a song. He is the Lord, Israel's God.
• Isaiah 5:1Now I will sing a song for the person that I love. I will sing to him about his vineyard. ‘The one that I love had a vineyard. It was on a hill where the soil is good.
• Revelation 7:10They shouted loudly: ‘We worship our God who sits on the throne. And we worship the Lamb. They have saved us from Satan's power.’
• Revelation 5:9The beings that are alive and the leaders sang a new song. They sang: ‘You are so good! You are good enough to take the book. You can break its seals and open it. You can do this because they killed you. When you died, you bought people for God with your blood. You bought them from every tribe, from every language and every nation.
• Revelation 14:3The 144,000 people were singing a new song that they had learned. They sang it in front of the throne. They sang in front of the four beings that are alive and in front of the leaders. Only these 144,000 people could learn the new song. They are the people that God had saved from among the people who lived on the earth.
• Revelation 15:3Now they sang the song of God's servant, Moses, and the Lamb's song. They sang this: ‘Lord God with all power, what you do is great and wonderful! Everything that you do is completely fair and honest. You are King of all nations of the world.
• Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. They were shouting, ‘Praise the Lord our God! He has saved us! He is very powerful! We say that he is great!

Commentaries on Exodus 15:21

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21In many ancient societies, men and women took part in ceremonies separately. Women often had special roles in songs of praise and in songs of mourning.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. Miriam answered them--"them" in the Hebrew is masculine, so that Moses probably led the men and Miriam the women--the two bands responding alternately, and singing the first verse as a chorus.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 15:21

• Epic
• Joy
• Miriam
• Music
• Poetry
• Praise
• Song
• Thankfulness
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Miriam
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Cherub
• Chosen
• Exalt
• Exodus
• Fall
• Fearful
• Gloriously
• Hold

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