English Standard Version
Psalms 78:13
13He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.
Psalms 78:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
- New International Version (NIV)He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For he divided the sea and led them through, making the water stand up like walls!
Context of Psalms 78:13
11They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them. 12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. 14In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. 15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
Read all of Psalms 78Psalms 78:13 word by word
בָּ֣קַע יָ֭ם וַיַּֽעֲבִירֵ֑ם וַֽיַּצֶּב־מַ֥יִם כְּמוֹ־נֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:13
- Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,
- Psalms 106:9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.
- Psalms 136:13to him who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever;
- Exodus 14:1Then the Lord said to Moses,
- Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, "I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
- Isaiah 63:13who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble.
- 1 Corinthians 10:2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
- Psalms 38:7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
- Joshua 3:16the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
- Habakkuk 3:15You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through - The reader is requested to consult the notes on the parallel passages marked in the margin on this verse and Psalm 78:14-17, etc., where all these miracles are largely explained.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13He divided the sea - The Red Sea. Exodus 14:21-22. And he made the waters to stand as an heap - The word rendered “heap” means anything piled up, or a mound; and the idea is, that the waters were piled up on each side of them as a “mound.” See the notes at Psalm 33:7. Compare Joshua 3:13, Joshua 3:16; Exodus 15:8.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-39Verses 9-39 Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13God split the sea when Israel crossed through the Red Sea (see Exodus 14–15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. A record of God's dealings and the sins of the people is now made. The writer gives the history from the exode to the retreat from Kadesh; then contrasts their sins with their reasons for confidence, shown by a detail of God's dealings in Egypt, and presents a summary of the subsequent history to David's time. Zoan--for Egypt, as its ancient capital (Nu 13:22; Is 19:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- 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
- The Treasury of David
- 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
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