Exodus · Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 15 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Then singeth Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah, and they speak, saying: — 'I sing to Jehovah, For triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea.
1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.
2 My strength and song is JAH, And He is become my salvation: This [is] my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him.
2 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3 Jehovah [is] a man of battle; Jehovah [is] His name.
3 Yahweh is a man of war. Yahweh is his name.
4 Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea!
4 He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone.
5 The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy.
6 Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.
7 And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath — It consumeth them as stubble.
7 In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
8 And by the spirit of Thine anger Have waters been heaped together; Stood as a heap have flowings; Congealed have been depths In the heart of a sea.
8 With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: —
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’
10 Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters.
10 You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who [is] like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who [is] like Thee — honourable in holiness — Fearful in praises — doing wonders?
11 Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand — Earth swalloweth them!
12 You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
13 Thou hast led forth in Thy kindness The people whom Thou hast redeemed. Thou hast led on in Thy strength Unto Thy holy habitation.
13 “You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
14 Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.
14 The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab — Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan!
15 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Fall on them doth terror and dread; By the greatness of Thine arm They are still as a stone, Till Thy people pass over, O Jehovah; Till the people pass over Whom Thou hast purchased.
16 Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone, until your people pass over, Yahweh, until the people you have purchased pass over.
17 Thou dost bring them in, And dost plant them In a mountain of Thine inheritance, A fixed place for Thy dwelling Thou hast made, O Jehovah; A sanctuary, O Lord, Thy hands have established;
17 You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in: the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
18 Jehovah reigneth — to the age, and for ever!'
18 Yahweh will reign forever and ever.”
19 For the horse of Pharaoh hath gone in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah turneth back on them the waters of the sea, and the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea.
19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
20 And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;
20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
21 and Miriam answereth to them: — 'Sing ye to Jehovah, For Triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea!'
21 Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”
22 And Moses causeth Israel to journey from the Red Sea, and they go out unto the wilderness of Shur, and they go three days in the wilderness, and have not found water,
22 Moses led Israel onward 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 come in to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [are] bitter; therefore hath [one] called its name Marah.
23 When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
24 And the people murmur against Moses, saying, 'What do we drink?'
24 The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
25 and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them,
25 Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.
26 and He saith, 'If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.
26 He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
27 And they come to Elim, and there [are] twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.
27 They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They encamped there by the waters.
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)