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Exodus 15:3
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The LORD is a man of war. The LORD is his name.
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
Yahweh is a man of war; Yahweh is his name.
The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.
The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name.
"The LORD is a warrior; The LORD is His name.
"The LORD is a warrior; The LORD is His name.
The Lord is a man of warre, his Name is Iehouah.
Yahweh is a warrior;Yahweh is His name.
The Lord is his name, and he is a warrior!
Adonai is a warrior; Adonai is his name.
Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name.
The Lord is a great soldier. The Lord is his name.
The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.
The LORD is a mighty warrior: the LORD is his name.
The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.
The Lord is a warrior;the Lord is his name.
Jehovah is a Man of war; Jehovah is His name.
The LORDE is the right man of warre, LORDE is his name.
Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
The Lorde is a man of warre, the Lorde is his name.
The Lord is a man of warre: the Lord is his Name.
The Lord bringing wars to nought, the Lord is his name.
The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
The Lord is as a man fiyter, his name is Almiyti;
Jehovah [is] a man of battle; Jehovah [is] His name.
Yahweh is a man of war: Yahweh is his name.
The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.
Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.
The LORD is a man of war; The LORD is His name.
The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is his name!
The Lord is a fighter. The Lord is His name.
The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.
Yahweh is a warlike one, - Yahweh, is his name.
The Lord is as a man of war, Almighty is his name.
The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name.
"The LORD is a warrior; The LORD is His name.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a man: Psalms 24:8, Psalms 45:3, Revelation 19:11-21
name: Exodus 3:13, Exodus 3:15, Exodus 6:3, Exodus 6:6, Psalms 83:18, Isaiah 42:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:4 - Lord Exodus 14:14 - the Lord Psalms 35:2 - General Jeremiah 16:21 - and they Jeremiah 33:2 - the Lord
Cross-References
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become master at the last.
For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
I acquired men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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. A warrior well versed in all the arts of war, and abundantly qualified for it, having consummate wisdom, strength, and courage, and thoroughly furnished and accoutred for it; having on the breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, the garment of vengeance, and cloak of zeal, and a vesture dipped in blood; and with a sword girt on his thigh, or drawn, or coming out of his mouth; and with a bow and arrows, going forth conquering, and to conquer; for he is a victorious one, who has conquered sin, Satan, and the world, and will subdue all others, and make his people more than conquerors, through him. He is not a common man of war or warrior; he is the Captain of the Lord's host, the Leader and Commander of the people, the Generalissimo of the armies in heaven and earth, and is a Prince and King at the head of them:
the Lord is his name; or Jehovah, which proves him to be more than a man; and being so, it is no wonder that he is so mighty, powerful, and victorious.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence. In every age this song gave the tone to the poetry of Israel; especially at great critical epochs of deliverance: and in the book of Revelation Exodus 15:3 it is associated with the final triumph of the Church.
The division of the song into three parts is distinctly marked: Exodus 15:1-5; Exodus 15:6-10; Exodus 15:11-18 : each begins with an ascription of praise to God; each increases in length and varied imagery unto the triumphant close.
Exodus 15:1
He hath triumphed gloriously - Literally, He is gloriously glorious.
The horse and his rider - The word “rider” may include horseman, but applies properly to the charioteer.
Exodus 15:2
The Lord is my strength and song - My strength and song is Jah. See Psalms 68:4. The name was chosen here by Moses to draw attention to the promise ratified by the name “I am.”
I will prepare Him an habitation - I will glorify Him. Our Authorized Version is open to serious objection, as suggesting a thought (namely, of erecting a temple) which could hardly have been in the mind of Moses at that time, and unsuited to the occasion.
Exodus 15:3
A man of war - Compare Psalms 24:8. The name has on this occasion a special fitness: man had no part in the victory; the battle was the Lord’s.
The Lord is his name - “Jah is His name.” See Exodus 15:2.
Exodus 15:4
Hath He cast - “Hurled,” as from a sling. See Exodus 14:27.
His chosen captains - See Exodus 14:7 note.
Exodus 15:5
As a stone - The warriors in chariots are always represented on the monuments with heavy coats of mail; the corslets of “chosen captains” consisted of plates of highly tempered bronze, with sleeves reaching nearly to the elbow, covering the whole body and the thighs nearly to the knee. The wearers must have sunk at once like a stone, or as we read in Exodus 5:10, like lumps of lead.
Exodus 15:7
Thy wrath - Literally, Thy burning, i. e. the fire of Thy wrath, a word chosen expressly with reference to the effect.
Exodus 15:8
The blast of God’s nostrils corresponds to the natural agency, the east wind Exodus 14:21, which drove the waters back: on the north the waters rose high, overhanging the sands, but kept back by the strongwind: on the south they laid in massive rollers, kept down by the same agency in the deep bed of the Red Sea.
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said - The abrupt, gasping utterances; the haste, cupidity and ferocity of the Egyptians; the confusion and disorder of their thoughts, belong to the highest order of poetry. They enable us to realize the feelings which induced Pharaoh and his host to pursue the Israelites over the treacherous sandbanks.
Exodus 15:10
Thou didst blow with thy wind - Notice the solemn majesty of these few words, in immediate contrast with the tumult and confusion of the preceding verse. In Exodus 14:28, we read only, “the waters returned,” here we are told that it was because the wind blew. A sudden change in the direction of the wind would bring back at once the masses of water heaped up on the north.
They sank as lead - See the note at Exodus 15:5.
Exodus 15:11
Among the gods - Compare Psalms 86:8; Deuteronomy 32:16-17. A Hebrew just leaving the land in which polytheism attained its highest development, with gigantic statues and temples of incomparable grandeur, might well on such an occasion dwell upon this consummation of the long series of triumphs by which the “greatness beyond compare” of Yahweh was once for all established.
Exodus 15:13
Thy holy habitation - Either Palestine, regarded as the land of promise, sanctified by manifestations of God to the Patriarchs, and destined to be both the home of God’s people, and the place where His glory and purposes were to be perfectly revealed: or Mount Moriah.
Exodus 15:14
The inhabitants of Palestina - i. e. the country of the Philistines. They were the first who would expect an invasion, and the first whose district would have been invaded but for the faintheartedness of the Israelites.
Exodus 15:15
The dukes of Edom - See Genesis 36:15. It denotes the chieftains, not the kings of Edom.
The mighty men of Moab - The physical strength and great stature of the Moabites are noted in other passages: see Jeremiah 48:29, Jeremiah 48:41.
Canaan - The name in this, as in many passages of Genesis, designates the whole of Palestine: and is used of course with reference to the promise to Abraham. It was known to the Egyptians, and occurs frequently on the monuments as Pa-kanana, which applies, if not to the whole of Palestine, yet to the northern district under Lebanon, which the Phoenicians occupied and called “Canaan.”
Exodus 15:17
In the mountain of thine inheritance - See Exodus 15:13.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 15:3. The 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.
The LORD is his name. — That is, JEHOVAH. He has now, as the name implies, given complete existence to all his promises. Genesis 2:4, and "Exodus 6:3".
