1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to Jehovah, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 My strength and song is Jah, and he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will glorify him; My father's God, and I will extol him. 3 Jehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army hath he cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone. 6 Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries: Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath, it consumed them as stubble. 8 And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up; The streams stood as a mound; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful [in] praises, doing wonders? 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness. 14 The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. 16 Fear and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place that thou, Jehovah, hast made thy dwelling, The Sanctuary, Lord, that thy hands have prepared. 18 Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever! 19 For the horse of Pharaoh, with his chariots and with his horsemen, came into the sea, and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them; and the children of Israel went on dry [ground] through the midst of the sea. 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25 And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them. 26 And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim; and twelve springs of water were there, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 15 Darby Translation
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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
Miriam
The sister who watched over baby Moses and later led Israel in song.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:1–8; 15:20–21; Numbers 12
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 (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 15:3; Exodus 15:21; Psalm 106:12; Isaiah 12:1–6; Isaiah 51:10–11
- 2 Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 118:14; Psalm 18:46; Psalm 59:17; Isaiah 25:1
- 3 Psalm 24:8; Exodus 14:14; Revelation 19:11–21; Isaiah 42:8; Exodus 6:6–8
- 4 Exodus 14:13–28; Exodus 14:6–7
- 5 Nehemiah 9:11; Exodus 14:28; Exodus 15:10; Jeremiah 51:63–64; Ezekiel 27:34
- 6 Psalm 118:15–16; Isaiah 51:9; Psalm 2:9; 1 Chronicles 29:11–12; Matthew 6:13
- 7 Isaiah 5:24; Malachi 4:1; Isaiah 47:14; Psalm 83:13; Isaiah 5:16
- 8 Job 4:9; Psalm 78:13; Exodus 14:21–22; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Isaiah 11:4
- 9 Judges 5:30; Exodus 14:5; Isaiah 53:12; Luke 11:22; Habakkuk 3:14
- 10 Exodus 14:27–28; Exodus 14:21; Isaiah 11:15; Exodus 15:5; Deuteronomy 11:4
- 11 1 Kings 8:23; Psalm 89:5–8; 1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 7:22; Revelation 4:8
- 12 Exodus 15:6
- 13 Psalm 77:20; 1 Peter 1:5; Psalm 77:14–15; Psalm 78:52–54; Psalm 106:9
- 14 Deuteronomy 2:25; Joshua 2:9–10; Psalm 48:6; Isaiah 14:31; Joshua 9:24
- 15 Joshua 5:1; Joshua 2:9; Joshua 2:11; Genesis 36:40; Deuteronomy 2:4
- 16 Psalm 74:2; Deuteronomy 2:25; Joshua 2:9; 1 Samuel 25:37; Jeremiah 31:11
- 17 Psalm 80:8; Psalm 44:2; Psalm 78:54–55; Jeremiah 32:41; Psalm 78:68–69
- 18 Psalm 29:10; Psalm 10:16; Psalm 146:10; Isaiah 57:15; Daniel 2:44
- 19 Exodus 14:28–29; Hebrews 11:29; Exodus 14:22–23; Proverbs 21:31
- 20 Psalm 150:4; 1 Samuel 18:6; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 149:3; Judges 11:34
- 21 Exodus 15:1; Revelation 15:3; Revelation 7:10–12; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 19:1–6
- 22 Genesis 16:7; 1 Samuel 15:7; Exodus 3:18; Genesis 25:18
- 23 Ruth 1:20; Numbers 33:8
- 24 Exodus 16:2; Numbers 20:2–5; Exodus 14:11; Psalm 78:19–20; Numbers 14:1–4
- 25 Deuteronomy 8:2; Psalm 66:10; Judges 3:1; Judges 3:4; Judges 2:22
- 26 Psalm 103:3; Deuteronomy 7:15; Exodus 23:25; Psalm 41:3–4; Psalm 147:3
- 27 Revelation 22:2; Revelation 7:17; Numbers 33:9; Isaiah 12:3; Ezekiel 47:12
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What the Fathers said
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Not, however, the wood which we read Moses cast into the bitter waters to make them sweet, nor the stone which Jacob used as a pillow, nor the ram which Abraham offered up instead of his son; for these, though they are things, are also signs of other things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… expression as when we say, "This servitude he served," "such a life he lived." He is here alluding to that well-known hymn, commencing, "I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and the rider hath He thrown into the sea."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)