Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Exodus 14:21

Moses
Miracles and God's interventionGod's power and sovereignty

19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

Read the whole chapter

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
KJV
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
WEB
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
ASV
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
DARBY
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided.
BLB
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and YHWH drove [back] the sea by a strong east wind all that night, and He made the sea into the dry land, and the waters were divided.
ÅB
Da rakte Moses ut sin hånd over havet, og Herren drev havet bort med en sterk østenvind, som blåste hele natten, og han gjorde havet til tørt land, og vannet skiltes at.
OTB
Da rakte Moses ut hånden sin over havet, og hele natten drev Herren havet tilbake med en sterk østavind og gjorde det til tørt land. Vannet ble delt,
B1930
Da rakte Moses ut sin hånd over havet, og Herren drev havet bort med en sterk østenvind, som blåste hele natten, og han gjorde havet til tørt land, og vannet skiltes at.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 63:12

    That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

    Read in context

  • Psalms 66:6

    He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

    Read in context

  • Exodus 15:8

    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.

    Read in context

  • Nehemiah 9:11

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 78:13

    He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 74:13

    Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

    Read in context

  • Joshua 4:23

    For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 51:10

    Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

    Read in context