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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)At the blast of your breath, the waters piled up! The surging waters stood straight like a wall; in the heart of the sea the deep waters became hard.

Context of Exodus 15:8

6Your right hand, Lord, was majestic in power. Your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy. 7“In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble. 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. 9The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’ 10But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. 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 all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,
• 2 Samuel 22:16The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.
• Job 4:9At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
• Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
• Isaiah 37:7Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ ”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
• Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
• Psalms 78:13He divided the sea and led them through; he made the water stand up like a wall.
• Habakkuk 3:10the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on 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

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
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• Fall
• Fearful
• Gloriously
• Hold
• 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