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Exodus 15:16

in Exodus 15

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.

KJV

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

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This verse in Exodus 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Till thy people pass over - Not over the Red Sea, for that event had been already celebrated; but over the desert and Jordan, in order to be brought into the promised land.

This site's exposition

The people shall hear, and be afraid

on Exodus 15:14-16

The song looks forward and names four peoples in the order they sit along the road to Canaan, Palestina, Edom, Moab and the inhabitants of Canaan. Forty years later Rahab says this back to the spies at Joshua 2:9 to 11, that terror is fallen upon us and our hearts did melt, and she names hearing about the Red sea as the cause. Verse 16 calls the people purchased, a word Genesis used of Abraham buying a burial field at 25:10, so the deliverance is described as a purchase and not only a rescue.

This site's exposition

until Your people pass by

Adam Clarke takes the passing by as the march through the desert and over the Jordan into the land still ahead. Joshua 3:17 records all Israel crossing the Jordan on dry ground while the priests stood firm. Still as a stone takes up the stone of verse 5.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 22.10 · Written before 253.

proposed

God is asked that for a short while the Gentiles might be changed into stones—that is what the Greek word apolithōthētōsan really means—"until the Jewish people passes through." There is no doubt but that after they have passed through, the Gentiles will cease to be stone and will receive in place of their hard hearts a human and rational nature in Christ, to whom is glory and power for ages of ages. Amen.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Fear and dread shall fall upon them....

The words behind it

17 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.

  • תִּפֹּ֨לit has fallen

    tipolH5307 →435 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֤םon them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • אֵימָ֙תָה֙terror

    ʾeimatahH367 →

  • וָפַ֔חַדand dread

    vafachadH6343 →

  • בִּגְדֹ֥לon [the] greatness of

    bigdolH1419 →526 times

  • זְרוֹעֲךָ֖strength your

    zeroakhaH2220 →

  • יִדְּמ֣וּthey have become still

    yidemuH1826 →

  • כָּאָ֑בֶןlike <the> stone

    kaavenH68 →273 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • יַעֲבֹ֤רit has passed by

    yaavorH5674 →556 times

  • עַמְּךָ֙people your

    ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times

  • יְהוָ֔הO Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עַֽד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • יַעֲבֹ֖רit has passed by

    yaavorH5674 →556 times

  • עַם־[the] people

    ʾam-H5971 →1873 times

  • ז֥וּwhich

    zuH2098 →

  • קָנִֽיתָ׃you have bought

    kanitaH7069 →

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

Related verses

18 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 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.6 worksPsalms 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.6 worksJoshua 4:24He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”6 worksDeuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”5 worksPsalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.5 worksPsalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy5 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,5 worksPsalms 8:2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.5 works1 Samuel 25:37In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.4 worksJoshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.4 worksTitus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.4 worksDeuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.3 works2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.3 worksExodus 11:7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.3 worksJeremiah 31:11For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.3 worksIsaiah 51:10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?3 worksIsaiah 43:1–3Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!3 works1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.3 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

    Deuteronomy 11:25

    No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 23:27

      I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Deuteronomy 2:25

      This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 1:5

      No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

    • Deuteronomy 7:24

      He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

    • Joshua 5:1

      Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until…

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 2:25

    This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:25

      No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

    • Exodus 15:14–16

      The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

    • Deuteronomy 28:10

      Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 15 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the 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 Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 22.10.

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