Exodus 14:29
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus 14:29 in other translations
| BSB | But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. |
| YLT | And the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters are to them a wall, on their right and on their left; |
| DARBY | And the children of Israel walked on dry ground through the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. |
| BBE | But the children of Israel went through the sea walking on dry land, and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left. |
| Webster | But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. |
What does Exodus 14:29 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 14:21-31
The dividing the Red sea was the terror of the Canaanites, Jos 2:9; the praise and triumph of the Israelites, Psa 114:3; 106:9; 136:13. It was a type of baptism, 1Co 10:1, 2. Israel's passage through it was typical of the conversion of souls, Is 11:15; and the Egyptians being drowned in it was typical of the final ruin of all unrepenting sinners. God showed his almighty power, by opening a passage through the…
Exodus 14:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 14:29
- Exodus 14:22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Isaiah 51:13
And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Isaiah 63:12-13
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
- Job 38:8-11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
- Isaiah 43:2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Isaiah 51:10
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
- Psalms 77:19-20
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Psalms 78:52-53
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- Psalms 66:6-7
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
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Context
- Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
- Exodus 14:29
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Exodus 14:30
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Exodus 14:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los hijos de Israel fueron por medio de la mar en seco, teniendo las aguas por muro á su diestra y á su siniestra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils d’Israël marchèrent à sec au milieu de la mer, et les eaux étaient pour eux un mur à leur droite et à leur gauche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Israel gingen auf dem Trockenen mitten durch das Meer, und die Wasser waren ihnen eine Mauer zur Rechten und zur Linken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Filii autem Israël perrexerunt per medium sicci maris, et aquæ eis erant quasi pro muro a dextris et a sinistris: |