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Exodus 14:27

Moses
Judgment

25 He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”

26 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.

28 The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

29 But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

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BSB
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
KJV
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
WEB
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. The LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
ASV
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
DARBY
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength toward the morning; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.
BLB
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength at the turning of the morning. And Egypt was fleeing toward it, and YHWH shook Egypt in the midst of the sea.
ÅB
Så rakte Moses ut sin hånd over havet, og da det led mot morgenen, vendte havet tilbake til sitt vanlige leie, og egypterne flyktet like mot det; og Herren styrtet egypterne midt ut i havet.
OTB
Så rakte Moses ut hånden sin over havet, og ved daggry vendte havet tilbake til sin plass. Egypterne flyktet mot det, og Herren feide dem inn i havet.
B1930
Så rakte Moses ut sin hånd over havet, og da det led mot morgenen, vendte havet tilbake til sitt vanlige leie, og egypterne flyktet like mot det; og Herren styrtet egypterne midt ut i havet.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 4:18

    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

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  • Psalms 78:53

    He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:4

    what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;

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  • Hebrews 11:29

    By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

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  • Exodus 15:1–21

    Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

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  • Judges 5:20–21

    From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

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  • Exodus 14:21–22

    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,

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