Exodus 14:22
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.
21 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.
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.
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
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- BSB
- and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry [ground]; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
- BLB
- And the sons of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters [were] a wall to them from their right and from their left.
- ÅB
- Og Israels barn gikk midt igjennom havet på det tørre, og vannet sto som en mur på deres høyre og på deres venstre side.
- OTB
- og israelittene gikk gjennom havet på tørt land, med en vannmur på sin høyre og på sin venstre side.
- B1930
- Og Israels barn gikk midt igjennem havet på det tørre, og vannet stod som en mur på deres høire og på deres venstre side.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 11:29
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Read in contextExodus 15:19
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Read in contextPsalms 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Read in contextPsalms 78:13
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Read in contextExodus 14:29
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Read in contextExodus 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 contextNehemiah 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 contextIsaiah 63:13
That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
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