Exodus 15:5

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 Living Translation (NLT)The deep waters gushed over them; they sank to the bottom like a stone.

Context of Exodus 15:5

3The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name. 4Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone. 6“Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces. 7And in the greatness of Your excellence You have overthrown those who rose against You; You sent forth Your wrath; It consumed them like stubble.

Exodus 15:5 word by word

תְּהֹמֹ֖ת יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ יָרְד֥וּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The depthsתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• have coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• them: they sankיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• into the bottomמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688
• asכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• a stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68

Cross-references for Exodus 15:5

• Exodus 14:28Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
• Ezekiel 27:34But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.
• Jonah 2:2And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, And He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
• Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
• Matthew 18:6“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
• Nehemiah 9:11And You divided the sea before them, So that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; And their persecutors You threw into the deep, As a stone into the mighty waters.
• Jeremiah 51:63Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates.
• Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.

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

Topics related to Exodus 15:5

• Epic
• Faith
• Joy
• Poetry
• Praise
• Psalms
• Readings, Select
• Song
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• Cherub
• Chosen
• Exalt
• Exodus
• Fall
• Fearful
• Gloriously
• Hold
• Holiness
• Lust

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