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Exodus 14:27

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

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.

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This verse in Exodus 14

Commentary

9 notes on this verse
Overthrew the Egyptians - Better as in the margin, The Lord shook them off, hurled them from their chariots into the sea.

This site's exposition

Stretch out thine hand over the sea

on Exodus 14:26-28

The gesture that opened the sea closes it, and the water returns to his strength when the morning appeared. There remained not so much as one of them, which is the same absolute the text used of Egypt's houses at 12:30, where there was not a house where there was not one dead. Nehemiah 9:11 and Psalm 136:15 sing the event back as Israel's history, and Hebrews 11:29 says the Egyptians assaying to do the same were drowned.

This site's exposition

the LORD swept them into the sea

Albert Barnes renders the verb behind swept as shook off, the LORD hurling the riders from their chariots into the water. Matthew Henry reads the drowning of grown Egyptians as repayment for the newborn sons Egypt threw into the Nile at 1:22. He calls it the debt repaid double.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Paulus Orosius

SEVEN BOOKS OF HISTORY AGAINST THE PAGANS 1.10 · Written before 420.

proposed

The Hebrews proceeded safely over the dry passage, and the masses of stationary water collapsed behind them. The entire Egyptian multitude with their king was overwhelmed and killed, and the entire province, which had previously been tortured by plagues, became empty by this last slaughter. …

A commentator

Gregory of Nyssa

THE LIFE OF GREGORY THE WONDERWORKER 7.55 · Written before 395.

proposed

But after that the surface of the sea became one again, and the temporary gap was flooded over. So this remains a unique event which occurred in such a way that the marvel did not lose credibility because of the passage of time, since it continues to be testified to by visible traces. That is the way the affair of the marshy lake is both described and shown.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And now, (1.) God avenged upon the Egyptians the blood of the firstborn whom they had drowned: and the principal is repaid with interest, it is recompensed double, full-grown Egyptians for newborn Israelites; thus the Lord is righteous, and precious is his people's blood in his sight, Ps. lxxii.
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, It is very common, but very absurd and criminal, for people to repent of their good deeds; their justice and charity, and even their repentance, are repented of.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, &c.--What circumstances could more clearly demonstrate the miraculous character of this transaction than that at the waving of Moses' rod, the dividing waters left the channel dry, and on his making the same motion on the opposite side, they returned, commingling with instantaneous fury? Is such the character of any ebb tide?

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֵּט֩and he stretched out

    vaiyetH5186 →214 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֨הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יָד֜וֹhand his

    yadoH3027 →1618 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַיָּ֗םthe sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

  • וַיָּ֨שָׁבand it returned

    vaiyashovH7725 →1056 times

  • הַיָּ֜םthe sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

  • לִפְנ֥וֹתto [the] turning of

    lifnotH6437 →135 times

  • בֹּ֙קֶר֙morning

    bokerH1242 →214 times

  • לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹto normal [state] its

    leeitanoH386 →

  • וּמִצְרַ֖יִםand Egypt

    umitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • נָסִ֣ים[were] fleeing

    nasimH5127 →159 times

  • לִקְרָאת֑וֹto meet it

    likratoH7122 →139 times

  • וַיְנַעֵ֧רand he shook off

    vaynaerH5287 →

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • בְּת֥וֹךְin [the] middle of

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • הַיָּֽם׃the sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.9 worksIsaiah 33:2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.7 worksJoshua 4:18When 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.6 worksPsalms 78:53He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.4 worksJob 38:13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?4 worksHebrews 11:29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.3 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 11:4what 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;3 worksJudges 5:20–21From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.1 worksExodus 14:21–22Then 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,1 worksExodus 15:1–21Then 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.1 worksGenesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 78:53

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

    it leads to

    • Exodus 14:19–20

      And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

    • Exodus 15:10

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

    • 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.

    • Exodus 14:15

      Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

    • Psalms 136:15

      but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 3:15

      Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 106:9–11

      He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

    • Psalms 78:13

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

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Egyptians Drown in the Sea — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Egyptians Drown in the Sea — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 14 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Gregory of Nyssa, THE LIFE OF GREGORY THE WONDERWORKER 7.55; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Paulus Orosius, SEVEN BOOKS OF HISTORY AGAINST THE PAGANS 1.10.

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