Isaiah 63:13

King James Version

That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Who led them through the depths?Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who led them through the depths? Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

Bible in Basic English
He who made them go through the deep waters, like a horse in the waste land?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He led them in the deepe as an horse is led in the playne, that they shoulde not stumble.

Darby Translation
—who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, [and] they stumbled not?

New King James Version
Who led them through the deep, As a horse in the wilderness, That they might not stumble?"

Literal Translation
He led them through the deeps; like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble.

Easy-to-Read Version
He led the people through the deep sea. Like a horse running through the desert, they walked without falling.

World English Bible
who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn't stumble?

King James Version (1611)
That led them through the deepe as an horse in the wildernesse, that they should not stumble?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
how he led them in the depe, as an horse is led in the playne, that they shulde not stomble.

Amplified Bible
Who led them through the depths [of the Red Sea], Like a horse in the wilderness, [so that] they did not stumble?

American Standard Version
that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?

Update Bible Version
that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn't stumble?

Webster's Bible Translation
That led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, [that] they should not stumble?

New Century Version
who led the people through the deep waters? Like a horse walking through a desert, the people did not stumble.

New English Translation
who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble.

Contemporary English Version
He led his people across like horses running wild without stumbling.

Complete Jewish Bible
he led them through the deep like a sure-footed horse through the desert;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hee led them through the deepe, as an horse in the wildernesse, that they should not stumble,

George Lamsa Translation
And leading them through the deep, as a horse is led in the wilderness, and they stumbled not,

Hebrew Names Version
who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn't stumble?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
That led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, without stumbling?

New Living Translation
Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling.

New Life Bible
Who led them through the sea? Like a horse in the desert, they did not lose their step.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He led them through the deep, as a horse through the wilderness, and they fainted not,

English Revised Version
that led them through the depths, as an horse in the wilderness, that they stumbled not?

Berean Standard Bible
who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?

New Revised Standard
who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Causing them to go through the roaring deeps, - Like a horse through the wilderness, That they should not stumble?

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that led them out through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness that stumbleth not.

Lexham English Bible
who led them through the depths? They did not stumble like a horse in the desert;

English Standard Version
who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble.

New American Standard Bible
Who led them through the depths? Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

Christian Standard Bible®
and led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whiche ledde hem out thoruy depthis of watris, as an hors not stumblynge in desert,

Revised Standard Version
who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble.

Young's Literal Translation
Leading them through the depths, As a horse in a plain they stumble not.

Contextual Overview

⁷ I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord , and the praises of the Lord , according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. ⁸ For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. ⁹ In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. ¹⁰ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. ¹¹ Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? ¹² That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? ¹³ That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? ¹⁴ As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

Bible Verse Review
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Psalms 106:9, Habakkuk 3:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:19 - General Exodus 14:22 - the children Exodus 14:29 - walked Exodus 15:13 - led Joshua 24:6 - Egyptians Psalms 66:6 - He turned Psalms 78:13 - He divided Psalms 107:7 - he led Psalms 136:13 - General Isaiah 11:16 - like as it was Isaiah 50:2 - I dry Jeremiah 31:9 - in a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That led them through the deep,.... The depths, the bottom of the sea; not through the shallow, but where the waters had been deepest, the descent greatest; and at the bottom of which might have been expected much filth and dirt to hinder them in their passage, yet through this he led them:

as an horse in the wilderness; or rather, "in a plain", as the word b sometimes signifies; and so Kimchi renders it a plain land, and Jarchi smooth land. The sense is, that the Israelites passed through the sea with as much ease, and as little difficulty, as a good horse will run over a plain, where there is nothing to stop his course:

that they should not stumble? there being no clay to stick in, no stone to stumble at, but all like an even plain.

b במדבר "in planitie", Calvin, Gataker, Vitringa; "in campis", Grotius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That led them through the deep - They went through the deep on dry land - the waters having divided and left an unobstructed path.

As an horse in the wilderness - As an horse, or a courser, goes through a desert without stumbling. This is a most beautiful image. The reference is to vast level plains like those in Arabia, where there are no stones, no trees, no gullies, no obstacles, and where a fleet courser bounds over the plain without any danger of stumbling. So the Israelites were led on their way without falling. All obstacles were removed, and they were led along as if over a vast smooth plain. Our word ‘wilderness,’ by no means expresses the idea here. We apply it to uncultivated regions that are covered with trees, and where there would be numerous obstacles to such a race-horse. But the Hebrew word (מדבר midbâr) rather refers to “a desert, a waste” - a place of level sands or plains where there was nothing to obstruct the fleet courser that should prance over them. Such is probably the meaning of this passage, but Harmer (Obs. i. 161ff) may be consulted for another view, which may possibly be the correct one.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. - 14. That led them through the deep - As a beast goeth down into the valley — In both these verses there is an allusion to the Israelites going through the Red Sea, in the bottom of which they found no more inconvenience than a horse would in running in the desert, where there was neither stone nor mud; nor a beast in the valley, where all was plain and smooth.