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Exodus 15:10

8 At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

12 You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

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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.

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BSB
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
KJV
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
WEB
You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
ASV
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
DARBY
Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
BLB
You blew with Your breath; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in mighty waters.
ÅB
Du blåste med din ånde, havet skjulte dem; de sank som bly i de veldige vann.
OTB
Men med et pust fra Deg, dekket havet dem. De sank som bly i de mektige vannene.
B1930
Du blåste med din ånde, havet skjulte dem; de sank som bly i de veldige vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 14:27–28

    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.

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  • Exodus 14:21

    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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  • Isaiah 11:15

    The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

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  • Exodus 15:5

    The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

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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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  • Matthew 8:27

    The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

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  • Jeremiah 10:13

    When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

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  • Psalms 147:18

    He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

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