Exodus 15 · Verse 3

Exodus 15:3

The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
Exodus 15:3, King James Version

Exodus 15:3 in other translations

BSBThe LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
WEBThe LORD is a man of war. The LORD is his name.
ASVJehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
YLTJehovah is a man of battle; Jehovah is His name.
DARBYJehovah is a man of war; Jehovah, his name.
BBEThe Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
WebsterThe LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

What does Exodus 15:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The Lord is a man of war - Perhaps it would be better to translate the words, Jehovah is the man or hero of the battle. As we scarcely ever apply the term to any thing but first-rate armed vessels, the change of the translation seems indispensable, though the common rendering is literal enough. Besides, the object of Moses was to show that man had no part in this victory, but that the whole was wrought by the miraculous power of God, and that therefore he alone should have all the glory. The Lord is his name - That is, Jehovah. He has now, as the name implies, given complete existence to all his promises. See Clarke on Gen 2:4 (note), and Exo 6:3 (note).

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 15:3 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.

יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[is] a man ofH376
מִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahwarH4421
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
שְׁמֽוֹ\׃she.Mo[is] name hisH8034

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

Cross references for Exodus 15:3

  • Psalms 24:8

    Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

  • Exodus 14:14

    The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

  • Revelation 19:11-21

    And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. …

  • Isaiah 42:8

    I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

  • Exodus 6:6-8

    Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

  • Psalms 83:18

    That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.

  • Psalms 45:3

    Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

  • Exodus 3:15

    And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

  • Exodus 3:13

    And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

  • Exodus 6:2-3

    And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a man.
Ps 24:8; 45:3; Re 19:11-21
name.
3:13,15; 6:3,6; Ps 83:18; Isa 42:8

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

Context

  • Exodus 15:2

    The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

  • Exodus 15:3

    The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

  • 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.

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Exodus 15:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová, varón de guerra; Jehová es su nombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel est un homme de guerre; l’ Éternel est son nom.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova ist ein Kriegsmann, Jehova sein Name.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dominus quasi vir pugnator, Omnipotens nomen ejus,