Exodus 15:3
in Exodus 15The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
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ASV
Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
KJV
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
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This verse in Exodus 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe Lord is a man of war - Perhaps it would be better to translate the words, Jehovah is the man or hero of the battle. As we scarcely ever apply the term to any thing but first-rate armed vessels, the change of the translation seems indispensable, though the common rendering is literal enough. Besides, the object of Moses was to show that man had no part in this victory, but that the whole was wrought by the miraculous power of God, and that therefore he alone should have all the glory.
This site's exposition
The LORD is a man of war
The title stands here for the first time in Scripture, and this is the one place it is laid on God as a plain name, since Isaiah 42:13 uses it as a comparison and says he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war. It answers what Moses told the people the day before at 14:14, that the LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. The second half of the verse fastens the title to the name itself, the LORD is his name, so the song puts the fighting into who he is rather than into the occasion.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): The Lord is a man of war, that is, well able to deal with all those that strive with their Maker, and will certainly be too hard for them. [4.] As a God of matchless and incomparable perfection,
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
The Lord is a man of war,.... A "man", which has respect to the future incarnation of Christ, for as yet he was not really man; though it was purposed, covenanted, agreed to, and prophesied of, that he should, as he after was; not a mere man, as appears by the following clause: "a man of war"; or a warrior; being engaged in war, and inured to it; having to do with very powerful enemies, Satan and his principalities and powers, the world, and the great men of it, antichrist, and all the antichristian states.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | [is] a man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִלְחָמָ֑ה | milchamah | war | H4421 → | 320 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | shemo | [is] name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אִ֣ישׁ[is] a man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִלְחָמָ֑הwar
milchamahH4421 →320 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שְׁמֽוֹ׃[is] name his
shemoH8034 →864 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- Deuteronomy 20:4
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:17
You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out…
- Deuteronomy 1:30
The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- Joshua 23:3
“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
- Deuteronomy 3:22
Through
Isaiah 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
it leads to
- Isaiah 48:11
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
- Isaiah 43:11
I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
- Exodus 34:14
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Isaiah 48:11
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.