Nehemiah 9:11

⁹ And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

¹⁰ And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

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.

¹² Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

¹³ Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

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: You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
KJV: 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.
WEB: You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
ASV: And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
DARBY: And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry [ground]; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
BLB: And You divided the sea before them, and they passed over in the midst of the sea on the dry land. And those pursuing them You threw into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters.

ÅB: Du kløvde havet for dem, og de gikk midt igjennom havet på det tørre; du kastet deres forfølgere i dypet, så de sank som stein i de veldige vann.
OTB: Du delte havet foran dem, så de gikk gjennom midten av havet på tørt land, og du kastet deres forfølgere i dypet, som en stein i mektige vann.
B1930: Du kløvde havet for dem, og de gikk midt igjennem havet på det tørre; du kastet deres forfølgere i dypet, så de sank som sten i de veldige vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 78:13
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
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Exodus 14:21–22
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.
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Exodus 14:27–28
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.
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Isaiah 63:11–13
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
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Psalms 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
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Hebrews 11:29
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
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Psalms 114:3–5
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
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Psalms 136:13–15
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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