Exodus 15 · Verse 17

Exodus 15:17

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Exodus 15:17, King James Version

Exodus 15:17 in other translations

BSBYou will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
WEBYou will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, LORD, which you have made for yourself to dwell in: the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
ASVThou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
YLTThou dost bring them in, And dost plant them In a mountain of Thine inheritance, A fixed place for Thy dwelling Thou hast made, O Jehovah; A sanctuary, O Lord, Thy hands have established;
DARBYThou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place that thou, Jehovah, hast made thy dwelling, The Sanctuary, Lord, that thy hands have prepared.
BBEYou will take them in, planting them in the mountain of your heritage, the place, O Lord, where you have made your house, the holy place, O Lord, the building of your hands.
WebsterThou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thy inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in; in the sanctuary, O Lord. which thy hands have established.

What does Exodus 15:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Thou shalt bring them in - By thy strength and mercy alone shall they get the promised inheritance. And plant them - Give them a fixed habitation in Canaan, after their unsettled wandering life in the wilderness. In the mountain - Meaning Canaan, which was a very mountainous country, Deu 11:11; or probably Mount Zion, on which the temple was built. Where the pure worship of God was established, there the people might expect both rest and safety. Wherever the purity of religion is established and preserved, and the high and the low endeavor to regulate their lives according to its precepts, the government of that country is likely to be permanent.

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 15:17 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.

תְּבִאֵ֗מוֹte.vi.'E.movyou will bring themH935
וְתִטָּעֵ֙מוֹ֙ve.ti.ta.'E.movand you will plant themH5193
בְּהַ֣רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
נַחֲלָֽתְךָ֔na.cha.la.te.Khainheritance yourH5159
מָכ֧וֹןma.Khona placeH4349
לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛le.shiv.te.Khato dwell youH3427
פָּעַ֖לְתָּpa.'Al.tayou have madeH6466
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
מִקְּדָ֕שׁmi.ke.Dasha sanctuaryH4720
אֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.NaiO LordH136
כּוֹנְנ֥וּko.Nuthey have establishedH3559
יָדֶֽיךָ\׃ya.Dei.khahands yourH3027

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

Cross references for Exodus 15:17

  • Psalms 80:8

    Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

  • Psalms 44:2

    How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

  • Psalms 78:54-55

    And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Jeremiah 32:41

    Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

  • Psalms 78:68-69

    But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

  • Isaiah 5:1-4

    Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

  • Jeremiah 31:23

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.

  • Psalms 132:13-14

    For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • Jeremiah 2:21

    Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
plant.
Ps 44:2; 78:54,55; 80:8; Isa 5:1-4; Jer 2:21; 32:41
mountain.
Ps 78:54,68,69; Jer 31:23

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Context

  • Exodus 15:16

    Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

  • Exodus 15:17

    Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

  • Exodus 15:18

    The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.

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Exodus 15:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tú los introducirás y los plantarás en el monte de tu heredad, en el lugar de tu morada, que tú has aparejado, oh Jehová; en el santuario del Señor, que han afirmado tus manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu les introduiras et tu les planteras sur la montagne de ton héritage, le lieu que tu as préparé pour ton habitation, ô Éternel! le sanctuaire, ô Seigneur! que tes mains ont établi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du wirst sie bringen und pflanzen auf den Berg deines Erbteils, die Stätte, die du, Jehova, zu deiner Wohnung gemacht, das Heiligtum, Herr, das deine Hände bereitet haben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Introduces eos, et plantabis in monte hæreditatis tuæ, firmissimo habitaculo tuo quod operatus es, Domine: sanctuarium tuum, Domine, quod firmaverunt manus tuæ.