Exodus 14 · Verse 7

Exodus 14:7

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
Exodus 14:7, King James Version

Exodus 14:7 in other translations

BSBHe took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
WEBand he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.
ASVand he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
YLTand he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;
DARBYAnd he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
BBEAnd he took six hundred carriages, all the carriages of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
WebsterAnd he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

What does Exodus 14:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 14:6-7

6-7. he made ready his chariot--His preparations for an immediate and hot pursuit are here described: A difference is made between "the chosen chariots" and "the chariots of Egypt." The first evidently composed the king's guard, amounting to six hundred, and they are called "chosen," literally, "third men"; three men being allotted to each chariot, the charioteer and two warriors. As to "the chariots of Egypt," the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Six hundred chosen chariots, etc. - According to the most authentic accounts we have of war-chariots, they were frequently drawn by two or by four horses, and carried three persons: one was charioteer, whose business it was to guide the horses, but he seldom fought; the second chiefly defended the charioteer; and the third alone was properly the combatant. It appears that in this case Pharaoh had collected all the cavalry of Egypt; (see Exo 14:17); and though these might not have been very numerous, yet, humanly speaking, they might easily overcome the unarmed and encumbered Israelites, who could not be supposed to be able to make any resistance against cavalry and war-chariots.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 14:1-9

Pharaoh would think that all Israel was entangled in the wilderness, and so would become an easy prey. But God says, I will be honoured upon Pharaoh. All men being made for the honour of their Maker, those whom he is not honoured by, he will be honoured upon. What seems to tend to the church's ruin, is often overruled to the ruin of the church's enemies. While Pharaoh gratified his malice and revenge, he furthered…

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Exodus 14:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקַּ֗חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
שֵׁשׁ\־shesh-sixH8337
מֵא֥וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
רֶ֙כֶב֙re.khevchariot[s]H7393
בָּח֔וּרba.ChurchosenH977
וְכֹ֖לve.Kholand allH3605
רֶ֣כֶבRe.khev[the] chariotry ofH7393
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖םve.sha.li.Shimand officersH7991
עַל\־'al-[were] overH5921
כֻּלּֽוֹ\׃ku.Loall of itH3605

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 14:7

  • Psalms 20:7

    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

  • Exodus 15:4

    Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

  • Judges 4:15

    And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

  • Judges 4:3

    And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

  • Psalms 68:17

    The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

  • Exodus 14:23

    And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

  • Isaiah 37:24

    By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

  • Joshua 17:16-18

    And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23; 15:4; Jos 17:16-18; Jud 4:3,15; Ps 20:7; 68:17; Isa 37:24

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Context

  • Exodus 14:6

    And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

  • Exodus 14:7

    And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

  • Exodus 14:8

    And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

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Exodus 14:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tomó seiscientos carros escogidos, y todos los carros de Egipto, y los capitanes sobre ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il prit 600 chars d’élite, et tous les chars de l’Égypte, et des capitaines sur tous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er nahm sechshundert auserlesene Wagen und alle Wagen Ägyptens, und Wagenkämpfer auf jedem derselben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tulitque sexcentos currus electos, et quidquid in Ægypto curruum fuit: et duces totius exercitus.