Exodus 15:5
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Exodus 15:5 in other translations
| BSB | The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone. |
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| WEB | The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone. |
| ASV | The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone. |
| YLT | The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone. |
| DARBY | The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone. |
| BBE | They were covered by the deep waters: like a stone they went down under the waves. |
| Webster | The depths have covered them: they sunk to the bottom as a stone. |
What does Exodus 15:5 mean?
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…
Exodus 15:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 15:5
- Nehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
- Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
- Exodus 15:10
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- Jeremiah 51:63-64
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
- Ezekiel 27:34
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
- Jonah 2:2
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
- Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
- Micah 7:19
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Matthew 18:6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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Context
- 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.
- Exodus 15:5
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
- Exodus 15:6
Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Exodus 15:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los abismos los cubrieron; como piedra descendieron á los profundos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les abîmes les ont couverts; ils sont descendus dans les eaux profondes, comme une pierre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Fluten bedeckten sie, sie sind hinuntergefahren in die Tiefen wie ein Stein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Abyssi operuerunt eos; descenderunt in profundum quasi lapis. |