Psalms 78:13

¹¹ They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.

¹² He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

¹⁴ He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

¹⁵ He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

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: He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
KJV: He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
WEB: He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
ASV: He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
DARBY: He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and made the waters to stand as a heap;
BLB: He divided the sea and let them cross over, and the waters He made stand up like a heap.

ÅB: Han kløvde havet og lot dem gå gjennom det og lot vannet stå som en dynge.
OTB: Han delte havet og førte dem gjennom,
Og Han fikk vannet til å stå som en vegg.
B1930: Han kløvde havet og lot dem gå gjennem det og lot vannet stå som en dynge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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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Exodus 15:8
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.
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Psalms 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
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Psalms 106:9–10
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
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Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
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Psalms 136:13–15
He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
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1 Corinthians 10:2–3
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
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Isaiah 63:13
who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
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