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Exodus 15:4
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Par`oh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea; His chosen captains are sunk in the Sea of Suf.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he cast into the sea, and his choice adjutants were sunk in the Red Sea.
The chariots and soldiers of the king of Egypt he has thrown into the sea. The king's best officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
"Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea; His chosen captains are drowned in the Red Sea.
"Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
Pharaohs charets and his host hath he cast into the Sea: his chosen captaines also were drowned in the red Sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;And the choicest of his officers are sunk in the Red Sea.
He threw the chariots and army of Egypt's king into the Red Sea, and he drowned the best of the king's officers.
Pharaoh's chariots and his army he hurled into the sea. His elite commanders were drowned in the Sea of Suf.
Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
He threw Pharaoh's chariots and soldiers into the sea. Pharaoh's very best soldiers drowned in the Red Sea.
"Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
Pharaohs chariots and his host he cast into the sea; his valiant men also are drowned in the Red Sea.
"He threw Egypt's army and its chariots into the sea; the best of its officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
He threw Pharaoh’s chariotsand his army into the sea;the elite of his officerswere drowned in the Red Sea.
He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army in the sea; and the choice ones of his officers are drowned in the Sea of Reeds,
The charettes of Pharao & his power, hath he cast in to the see. His chosen captaynes are drowned in the reed see,
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
Pharaoh's war-carriages and his army he has sent down into the sea: the best of his captains have gone down into the Red Sea.
Pharaos charets and his hoast hath he cast into the sea, his chosen captaynes also are drowned in the red sea.
Pharaohs charets and his hoste hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captaines also are drowned in the red Sea.
He has cast the chariots of Pharao and his host into the sea, the chosen mounted captains: they were swallowed up in the Red Sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and army He has thrown into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
he castide doun in to the see the charis of Farao, and his oost. Hise chosun princis weren drenchid in the reed see;
Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea!
Pharaoh's chariots and his host he has cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host has he cast into the sea; His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Pharaoh's chariots and army he has hurled into the sea. The finest of Pharaoh's officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
He has thrown Pharaoh's war-wagons and army into the sea. The best of Pharaoh's leaders are under the Red Sea.
"Pharaoh's chariots and his army he cast into the sea; his picked officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
The chariots of Pharaoh and his train, hath he cast into the sea, - Yea, the choice of his warriors, were sunk in the Sedgy Sea.
Pharao’s chariots and his army he hath cast into the sea: his chosen captains are drowned in the Red Sea.
"Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea; and his picked officers are sunk in the Red Sea.
"Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 14:13-28
chosen: Exodus 14:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 10:19 - the Red sea Deuteronomy 11:4 - how he made Job 36:30 - and Psalms 76:6 - both Psalms 136:15 - But overthrew Isaiah 43:17 - bringeth Ezekiel 36:23 - and the heathen Haggai 2:22 - and I will overthrow the chariots
Cross-References
And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.'
And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee.
When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom.
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants: 'Behold, my son, who came forth of my body, seeketh my life; how much more this Benjamite now? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
And the LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Pharaoh's chariots and his hosts hath he cast into the sea,.... Which was done by the Angel of the Lord, who was Jehovah himself, our Immanuel, and man of war, as appears from Exodus 14:17, an emblem of the destruction of antichrist, and all the antichristian states, of which Pharaoh and his host were types:
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea: who were appointed over his chosen chariots, which all perished in the sea together. In the carnage that will be made by Christ, the warrior and conqueror, among the followers of antichrist, the man of "sin", the antitypical Pharaoh, the flesh of captains is mentioned for the fowls of heaven to feed upon, Revelation 19:18.
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 âriderâ 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 âI am.â
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 Lordâs.
The Lord is his name - âJah is His name.â See Exodus 15:2.
Exodus 15:4
Hath He cast - âHurled,â 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 âchosen captainsâ 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 Godâs 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, âthe waters returned,â 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 âgreatness beyond compareâ 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 Godâs 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 âCanaan.â
Exodus 15:17
In the mountain of thine inheritance - See Exodus 15:13.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 15:4. Pharaoh's chariots - his host - his chosen captains — On such an expedition it is likely that the principal Egyptian nobility accompanied their king, and that the overthrow they met with here had reduced Egypt to the lowest extremity. Had the Israelites been intent on plunder, or had Moses been influenced by a spirit of ambition, how easily might both have gratified themselves, as, had they returned, they might have soon overrun and subjugated the whole land.
