God’s Word Translation
Exodus 15:5
5The deep water covered them. They sank to the bottom like a rock.
Exodus 15:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
- New International Version (NIV)The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone.
Context of Exodus 15:5
3The Lord is a warrior! The Lord is his name. 4He has thrown Pharaoh’s chariots and army into the sea. Pharaoh’s best officers were drowned in the Red Sea. The deep water covered them. They sank to the bottom like a rock. 6Your right hand, O Lord, wins glory because it is strong. Your right hand, O Lord, smashes your enemies. 7With your unlimited majesty, you destroyed those who attacked you. You sent out your burning anger. It burned them up like straw.
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תְּהֹמֹ֖ת יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ יָרְד֥וּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 15:5
- Exodus 14:28The water flowed back and covered Pharaoh’s entire army, as well as the chariots and the cavalry that had followed Israel into the sea. Not one of them survived.
- Ezekiel 27:34Now you are wrecked in the sea, at the bottom of the sea. Your goods and your whole crew sank with you.
- Jonah 2:2Jonah prayed: “I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my ⌞watery⌟ grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry.
- Micah 7:19You will again have compassion on us. You will overcome our wrongdoing. You will throw all our sins into the deep sea.
- Matthew 18:6“These little ones believe in me. It would be best for the person who causes one of them to lose faith to be drowned in the sea with a large stone hung around his neck.
- Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea in front of them so that they could walk through the sea on dry ground. You threw into deep water those who pursued your people as someone throws a stone into raging water.
- Jeremiah 51:63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
- Revelation 18:21Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone. He threw it into the sea and said, “The important city Babylon will be thrown down with the same force. It will never be found again.
Commentaries on Exodus 15:5
- 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. 1-5God’s salvation (deliverance) and rescue had meaning for personal faith.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
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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
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