Exodus 14:21

Translations

Modern

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Traditional

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Literal

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and YHWH drove back the sea by a strong east wind all that night, and He made the sea into the dry land, and the waters were divided.

Latin

Cumque extendisset Moyses manum super mare, abstulit illud Dominus flante vento vehementi et urente tota nocte, et vertit in siccum: divisaque est aqua.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Notes

Exodus 14:19–25

The night before, the Hebrews were afraid and in a panic. Now the Egyptian army was confused and in disorder. Even though they were highly trained, they could not keep control.

They realized that they faced a power greater than themselves. They could not understand it, and they could not control it.

Exodus 14:15–31

The escape through the Red Sea was the climactic moment of rescue. It was the highest point of God’s saving work in the exodus from Egypt.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh Fearing People The Cloud and Fire The Cross and Passover The Exodus as History

Events

Wilderness Wanderings

Related verses

Isaiah 63:12
…who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
Exodus 15:8
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
Psalm 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
Nehemiah 9:11
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
Psalm 78:13
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
Joshua 4:23
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
Psalm 74:13
You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
Isaiah 51:10
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
Exodus 14:16
And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
Psalm 136:13
He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalm 106:7–10
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
Isaiah 51:15
For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Book of Exodus Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Deuteronomy, Book of East Wind Miracle Plagues upon Egypt Red Sea Spirit of God

Topics

Egypt: Israel in Pharaoh Pursues Israel and is Miraculously Destroyed Egypt: The Country of: Army of Destroyed in the Red Sea Egyptians: Pursue Israelites, and the Army of, Destroyed God: Dividing the Red Sea Israel: Pass Through the Red Sea Israel: Pursued by the Egyptians Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Between Baalzephon and Pihahiroth: Red Sea Divided Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Phenomena of The East Wind That Divided the Red Sea Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Moses and Aaron: The Red-Sea Divided Prayer: Answered: from Pharaoh's Army Select Readings: The Deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh The Wind: Miracles Connected With: Red Sea Divided By Water: Miracles Connected With: Divided and Made to Stand on Heap Water: Red Sea Divided

Exodus 14:21

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