Exodus 15:5

Translations

Modern

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Traditional

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Literal

The depths cover them; they went down into the depths like a stone.

Latin

Abyssi operuerunt eos; descenderunt in profundum quasi lapis.

Original

Hebrew

English

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Notes

Exodus 15:1–5

God’s salvation (deliverance) and rescue had meaning for personal faith.

Exodus 15:1–18

Scholars believe this song of rescue to be one of the oldest preserved examples of the Hebrew language, attesting to its importance in Israel’s thought and faith. It is divided into three stanzas:

The first stanza celebrates the Lord's rescue of Moses and his people (using many first-person pronouns, 15:1–5).
The second stanza celebrates the great difference between the Lord and the Egyptians (verses 6–12).
The third stanza considers what these events would mean for the future (verses 13–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh Music in Ancient Israel The Cross and Passover The Exodus as History

Events

Wilderness Wanderings

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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.
Exodus 14:28
The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
Exodus 15:10
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Jeremiah 51:63–64
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
Ezekiel 27:34
Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
Micah 7:19
He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
Jonah 2:2
…saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
Matthew 18:6
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Revelation 18:21
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

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