Exodus 15 · Verse 12

Exodus 15:12

Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

Exodus 15:12, King James Version

Exodus 15:12 in other translations

BSB	You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.
WEB	You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
ASV	Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.
YLT	Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand--Earth swalloweth them!
DARBY	Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
BBE	When your right hand was stretched out, the mouth of the earth was open for them.
Webster	Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

What does Exodus 15:12 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 The earth swallowed them - It is very likely there was also an earthquake on this occasion, and that chasms were made in the bottom of the sea, by which many of them were swallowed up, though multitudes were overwhelmed by the waters, whose dead bodies were afterward thrown ashore. The psalmist strongly intimates that there was an earthquake on this occasion: The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven; the lightnings lightened the world; the Earth Trembled and Shook; Psa 77:18.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 15:1-21

This song is the most ancient we know of. It is a holy song, to the honour of God, to exalt his name, and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in the least to magnify any man. Holiness to the Lord is in every part of it. It may be considered as typical, and prophetical of the final destruction of the enemies of the church. Happy the people whose God is the Lord. They have work to do, temptations to grapple with…

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Exodus 15:12 in the original Hebrew

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נָטִ֙יתָ֙na.Ti.tayou stretched outH5186

יְמִ֣ינְךָ֔ye.Mi.ne.kharight [hand] yourH3225

תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹtiv.la.'E.movit swallowed up themH1104

אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] earthH776

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

Cross references for Exodus 15:12

Exodus 15:6
Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

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Context

Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Exodus 15:12
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Exodus 15:13
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

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Exodus 15:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Extendiste tu diestra; la tierra los tragó.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Tu as étendu ta droite, la terre les a engloutis.
German Elberfelder 1871	Du strecktest deine Rechte aus-die Erde verschlang sie.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Extendisti manum tuam, et devoravit eos terra.