Exodus 15 · Verse 18

Exodus 15:18

The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
Exodus 15:18, King James Version

Exodus 15:18 in other translations

BSBThe LORD will reign forever and ever!”
WEBThe LORD will reign forever and ever.”
ASVJehovah shall reign for ever and ever.
YLTJehovah reigneth--to the age, and for ever!'
DARBYJehovah shall reign for ever and ever!
BBEThe Lord is King for ever and ever.
WebsterThe LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

What does Exodus 15:18 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever - This is properly the grand chorus in which all the people joined. The words are expressive of God's everlasting dominion, not only in the world, but in the Church; not only under the law, but also under the Gospel; not only in time, but through eternity. The original לעלם ועד leolam vaed may be translated, for ever and onward; or, by our very expressive compound term, for Evermore, i.e. for ever and more - not only through time, but also through all duration. His dominion shall be ever the same, active and infinitely extending. With this verse the song seems to end, as with it the hemistichs or poetic lines terminate. The 20th and beginning of the 21st are in plain prose, but the latter part of the 21st is in hemistichs, as it contains the response made by Miriam and the Israelitish women at different intervals during the song. See Dr. Kennicott's arrangement of the parts at the end of this chapter.

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 15:18 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.

יְהוָ֥ה\׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068
יִמְלֹ֖ךְyim.Lokhhe will reignH4427
לְעֹלָ֥םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
וָעֶֽד\׃va.'Edand everH5703

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

Cross references for Exodus 15:18

  • Psalms 29:10

    The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

  • Psalms 10:16

    The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

  • Psalms 146:10

    The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  • Daniel 2:44

    And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

  • Revelation 11:15-17

    And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

  • Daniel 7:27

    And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

  • Daniel 7:14

    And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

  • Daniel 4:3

    How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

  • Matthew 6:13

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 10:16; 29:10; 146:10; Isa 57:15; Da 2:44; 4:3; 7:14,27; Mt 6:13
Re 11:15-17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 15:19

    For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

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Exodus 15:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová reinará por los siglos de los siglos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel régnera à toujours et à perpétuité.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova wird König sein immer und ewiglich! -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dominus regnabit in æternum et ultra.