Exodus · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Exodus 14 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 El Señor dijo a Moisés:
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 «Ordena a los hijos de Israel que regresen y acampen frente a Pi-hahirot, entre Migdol y el mar, frente a Baal-zefón. Deben acampar junto al mar, frente a ese lugar.
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
3 Faraón pensará: “Los hijos de Israel andan perdidos por el país y el desierto los ha encerrado”.
3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’
4 Yo endureceré el corazón de Faraón, y él los perseguirá. Así mostraré mi gloria por medio de lo que haré con Faraón y todo su ejército, y los egipcios sabrán que yo soy el Señor». Los israelitas hicieron lo que Dios les ordenó.
4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh.” They did so.
5 Cuando el rey de Egipto supo que el pueblo había huido, Faraón y sus siervos cambiaron de opinión y dijeron: «¿Qué hemos hecho? ¡Dejamos ir a Israel y ahora ya no trabajarán para nosotros!».
5 The king of Egypt was told that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
6 Entonces Faraón preparó su carro de guerra y llevó consigo a sus hombres.
6 He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;
7 Tomó seiscientos de sus mejores carros de guerra, además de todos los demás carros de Egipto, cada uno con sus oficiales.
7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.
8 El Señor endureció el corazón de Faraón, rey de Egipto, y este persiguió a los hijos de Israel, que habían salido con valentía.
8 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
9 Los egipcios los persiguieron con todos los caballos y carros de Faraón, sus jinetes y su ejército. Los alcanzaron cuando estaban acampados junto al mar, cerca de Pi-hahirot, frente a Baal-zefón.
9 The Egyptians pursued them. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
10 Cuando Faraón se acercó, los hijos de Israel miraron y vieron a los egipcios que venían detrás de ellos. Tuvieron mucho miedo y clamaron al Señor.
10 When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.
11 Dijeron a Moisés: «¿Acaso no había tumbas en Egipto para que nos trajeras a morir en el desierto? ¿Por qué nos sacaste de Egipto?
11 They said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us out of Egypt?
12 ¿No te dijimos en Egipto: “Déjanos servir a los egipcios”? Habría sido mejor seguir sirviendo a los egipcios que morir en el desierto».
12 Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
13 Pero Moisés respondió al pueblo: «No tengan miedo. Manténganse firmes y verán cómo el Señor los salvará hoy. A los egipcios que ven hoy no volverán a verlos jamás.
13 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.
14 El Señor peleará por ustedes. Ustedes solo tienen que quedarse tranquilos».
14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
15 Entonces el Señor dijo a Moisés: «¿Por qué clamas a mí? Ordena a los hijos de Israel que sigan adelante.
15 Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
16 Levanta tu vara y extiende tu mano sobre el mar para dividirlo. Entonces los hijos de Israel pasarán por el mar sobre tierra seca.
16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.
17 Yo endureceré el corazón de los egipcios para que entren detrás de ellos. Así mostraré mi gloria por medio de lo que haré con Faraón, con todo su ejército, sus carros y sus jinetes.
17 Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them. I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
18 Cuando muestre mi gloria por medio de Faraón, sus carros y sus jinetes, los egipcios sabrán que yo soy el Señor».
18 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
19 Entonces el ángel de Dios, que iba delante del campamento de Israel, se puso detrás de ellos. La columna de nube también pasó de delante del pueblo y se colocó detrás.
19 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
20 La nube quedó entre el campamento de Egipto y el campamento de Israel. Para los egipcios era oscuridad, pero daba luz a los israelitas durante la noche. Así, un campamento no pudo acercarse al otro en toda la noche.
20 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night.
21 Moisés extendió su mano sobre el mar, y el Señor hizo retroceder el mar con un fuerte viento del este que sopló toda la noche. El mar se convirtió en tierra seca y las aguas quedaron divididas.
21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 Los hijos de Israel entraron en el mar caminando sobre tierra seca, y las aguas formaban una pared a su derecha y a su izquierda.
22 The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
23 Los egipcios los persiguieron. Todos los caballos de Faraón, sus carros y sus jinetes entraron detrás de ellos hasta el medio del mar.
23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 Cerca del amanecer, el Señor miró desde la columna de fuego y de nube al ejército egipcio y sembró confusión entre ellos.
24 In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
25 Hizo que las ruedas de sus carros se atascaran, de modo que les costaba mucho avanzar. Entonces los egipcios dijeron: «¡Huyamos de Israel, porque el Señor pelea por ellos contra Egipto!».
25 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!”
26 El Señor dijo a Moisés: «Extiende tu mano sobre el mar para que las aguas vuelvan sobre los egipcios, sus carros y sus jinetes».
26 Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”
27 Moisés extendió su mano sobre el mar, y al amanecer las aguas volvieron a su lugar. Los egipcios trataron de huir, pero el Señor los hundió en medio del mar.
27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
28 Las aguas volvieron y cubrieron los carros, los jinetes y todo el ejército de Faraón que había entrado en el mar detrás de los israelitas. No quedó ninguno de ellos.
28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them.
29 Pero los hijos de Israel habían cruzado el mar caminando sobre tierra seca, con las aguas como una pared a su derecha y a su izquierda.
29 But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 Así salvó el Señor a Israel aquel día del poder de los egipcios. Israel vio a los egipcios muertos a la orilla del mar.
30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 Cuando Israel vio el gran poder que el Señor había mostrado contra los egipcios, el pueblo temió al Señor y creyó en él y en su siervo Moisés.
31 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Numbers 33:7–8; Jeremiah 44:1; Exodus 13:17–18; Jeremiah 46:14; Exodus 14:9
- 3 Acts 4:28; Ezekiel 38:17; Psalm 139:4; 1 Samuel 23:7; Psalm 3:2
- 4 Romans 9:22–23; Exodus 7:5; Romans 9:17; Exodus 7:3; Exodus 9:16
- 5 Psalm 105:25; Luke 11:24–26; Exodus 12:33; Jeremiah 34:10–17; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 7 Psalm 20:7; Exodus 15:4; Judges 4:15; Judges 4:3; Psalm 68:17
- 8 Numbers 33:3; Acts 13:17; Deuteronomy 26:8; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 14:4
- 9 Exodus 15:9; Joshua 24:6; Exodus 14:2
- 10 Psalm 107:6; Psalm 34:17; Nehemiah 9:9; Joshua 24:7; Matthew 8:25–26
- 11 Psalm 106:7–8; Numbers 14:1–4; Exodus 17:2–3; Exodus 15:23–24; Exodus 16:2–3
- 12 Jonah 4:3; Jonah 4:8; Exodus 6:9; Exodus 5:21; Exodus 3:9
- 13 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Chronicles 20:15; Exodus 14:30; Isaiah 41:10–14; 2 Kings 6:16
- 14 Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 20:4; 2 Chronicles 20:17; Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 23:3
- 15 Joshua 7:10; Ezra 10:4–5; Exodus 17:4; Nehemiah 9:9
- 16 Exodus 7:19; Exodus 4:17; Exodus 4:20; Exodus 4:2; Exodus 7:9
- 17 Exodus 14:8; Exodus 14:4; Ezekiel 34:20; Deuteronomy 32:39; Ezekiel 34:11
- 18 Exodus 7:5; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 14:4
- 19 Isaiah 63:9; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 23:20–21; Numbers 20:16; Exodus 13:21–22
- 20 Isaiah 8:14; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16; Proverbs 4:18–19; Psalm 18:11
- 21 Isaiah 63:12; Psalm 66:6; Exodus 15:8; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 78:13
- 22 Hebrews 11:29; Exodus 15:19; Psalm 66:6; Psalm 78:13; Exodus 14:29
- 23 Exodus 14:17; Exodus 15:19; 1 Kings 22:20; Exodus 15:9; Ecclesiastes 9:3
- 24 Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:25; Psalm 77:16–19; Job 34:29; Job 23:15–16
- 25 Exodus 14:14; Jeremiah 51:21; Job 20:24; 1 Samuel 4:7–8; Deuteronomy 3:22
- 26 Exodus 14:16; Exodus 8:5; Exodus 7:19; Judges 1:6–7; Revelation 16:6
- 27 Joshua 4:18; Psalm 78:53; Deuteronomy 11:4; Hebrews 11:29; Exodus 15:1–21
- 28 Psalm 78:53; Psalm 106:9–11; Habakkuk 3:8–10; Habakkuk 3:13; Psalm 136:15
- 29 Exodus 14:22; Isaiah 51:13; Joshua 3:16; Isaiah 63:12–13; Job 38:8–11
- 30 Psalm 106:10; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 58:10; Jude 5; Psalm 92:9–11
- 31 John 2:11; John 11:45; John 8:30–32; John 2:23–25; Psalm 106:12–13
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The sea was divided; a way was made in the midst of the waves; their enemies following, were covered by the same waves through which they passed: and yet when Moses, the man of God, had departed from their sight, they asked for an idol, and said, "Make us gods to go before us; for this man has deserted us." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Since Moses too was pained, and prayed in this way and was heard; for this cause also God said unto him, "Wherefore criest thou unto me." And Hannah too again, her voice not being heard, accomplished all she wished, forasmuch as her heart cried out.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Therefore this darkness of the body has been placed between us and God, like the cloud of old between the Egyptians and the Hebrews; and this is perhaps what is meant by "He made darkness His secret place," namely our dulness, through which few can see even a little.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Some "were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea." And it is admitted that faith even before now has been put in men; for "The people believed God and his servant Moses." Why then, it is asked, do we, on account of faith and of baptism, exalt and magnify the Holy Spirit so far above creation, when …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
For who else save Moses smote the Egyptians with so many and mighty plagues, as when He led the people through the parted waters of the sea, when he obtained manna for them from heaven in their hunger, and water from the rock in their thirst?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)