Exodus · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Exodus 14 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal-zephon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.
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 And Pharaoh will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in.
3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’
4 And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his host, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.
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 And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us?
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 So Pharaoh yoked his chariots, and led off all his people with himself:
6 He prepared his chariot, and took his army with him;
7 having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all.
7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.
8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand.
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 And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharaoh, and the horsemen, and his host [were] before the village, over against Baal-zephon.
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 And Pharaoh approached, and the children of Israel having looked up, beheld, and the Egyptians encamped behind them: and they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to the Lord;
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 and said to Moses, Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, hast thou brought us forth to slay [us] in the wilderness? What is this that thou hast done to us, having brought us out of Egypt?
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 Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.
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 And Moses said to the people, Be of good courage: stand and see the salvation which is from the Lord, which he will work for us this day; for as ye have seen the Egyptians today, ye shall see them again no more forever.
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 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
15 And the Lord said to Moses, Why criest thou to me? speak to the children of Israel, and let them proceed.
15 Yahweh said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
16 And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land.
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 And lo! I will harden the heart of Pharaoh and of all the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharaoh, and on all his host, and on his chariots and his horses.
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 And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I am glorified upon Pharaoh and upon his chariots and his horses.
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 And the angel of God that went before the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind, and the pillar of the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them.
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 And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night.
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 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided.
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 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.
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 And the Egyptians pursued them and went in after them, and every horse of Pharaoh, and his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.
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 And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the camp of the Egyptians,
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 and bound the axletrees of their chariots, and caused them to go with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.
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 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and let the water be turned back to its place, and let it cover the Egyptians [coming] both upon the chariots and the riders.
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 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
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 And the water returned and covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharaoh, who entered after them into the sea: and there was not left of them even one.
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 But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left.
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 So the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea.
30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
31 And Israel saw the mighty hand, the [things] which the Lord did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and Moses his servant.
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.
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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)