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, 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. With a blast from your nostrils, the water piled up. The waves stood up like a dam. The deep water thickened in the middle of the sea. 9“The enemy said, ‘I’ll pursue them! I’ll catch up with them! I’ll divide the loot! I’ll take all I want! I’ll use my sword! I’ll take all they have!’ 10Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.

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. All that night the Lord pushed back the sea with a strong east wind and turned the sea into dry ground. The water divided,
• 2 Samuel 22:16Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at the Lord’s stern warning, at the blast of the breath from his nostrils.
• Job 4:9God destroys them with his breath and kills them with a blast of his anger.
• Isaiah 11:4He will judge the poor justly. He will make fair decisions for the humble people on earth. He will strike the earth with a rod from his mouth. He will kill the wicked with the breath from his lips.
• Isaiah 37:7I’m going to put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own country. I’ll have him assassinated in his own country.’ ”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8Then the man of sin will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will destroy him by what he says. When the Lord Jesus comes, his appearance will put an end to this man.
• Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground. The water stood like a wall on their right and on their left.
• Psalms 78:13He divided the sea and led them through it. He made the waters stand up like a wall.
• Habakkuk 3:10The mountains look at you. They writhe in pain. Floodwaters pass by. The deep ocean roars. Its waves rise up 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
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• Joy
• Poetry
• Praise
• Psalms
• Readings, Select
• Song
• Thankfulness

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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