Revised Version 1895
Exodus 15:4
4Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
Exodus 15:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
- New International Version (NIV)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Context of Exodus 15:4
2The LORD is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him. 3The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. 5The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone. 6Thy right hand, O LORD, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
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מַרְכְּבֹ֥ת פַּרְעֹ֛ה וְחֵיל֖וֹ יָרָ֣ה בַיָּ֑ם וּמִבְחַ֥ר שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו טֻבְּע֥וּ בְיַם־סֽוּף׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 15:4
- Exodus 14:13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
- Exodus 14:7and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
Commentaries on Exodus 15:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Pharaoh's chariots - his host - his chosen captains - On such an expedition it is likely that the principal Egyptian nobility accompanied their king, and that the overthrow they met with here had reduced Egypt to the lowest extremity. Had the Israelites been intent on plunder, or had Moses been influenced by a spirit of ambition, how easily might both have gratified themselves, as, had they returned, they might have soon overrun and subjugated the whole…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. 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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