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 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; Yahweh is his name! 4Pharaoh’s chariots and army he has hurled into the sea. The finest of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea. The deep waters gushed over them; they sank to the bottom like a stone. 6“Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, smashes the enemy. 7In the greatness of your majesty, you overthrow those who rise against you. You unleash your blazing fury; it consumes them like straw.

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 all the chariots and charioteers—the entire army of Pharaoh. Of all the Egyptians who had chased the Israelites into the sea, not a single one survived.
• Ezekiel 27:34Now you are a wrecked ship, broken at the bottom of the sea. All your merchandise and crew have gone down with you.
• Jonah 2:2He said, “I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me!
• Micah 7:19Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
• Matthew 18:6But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
• Nehemiah 9:11You divided the sea for your people so they could walk through on dry land! And then you hurled their enemies into the depths of the sea. They sank like stones beneath the mighty waters.
• Jeremiah 51:63When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.
• Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a huge millstone. He threw it into the ocean and shouted, “Just like this, the great city Babylon will be thrown down with violence and 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

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