Exodus 15 · Verse 6

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 15:6, King James Version

Exodus 15:6 in other translations

BSBYour right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
WEBYour right hand, LORD, is glorious in power. Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.
ASVThy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
YLTThy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy.
DARBYThy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
BBEFull of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken.
WebsterThy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

What does Exodus 15:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Thy right hand - Thy omnipotence, manifested in a most extraordinary way.

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 15:6 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.

יְמִֽינְךָ֣ye.mi.ne.Kharight [hand] yourH3225
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
נֶאְדָּרִ֖יne'.da.Ri[was] gloriousH142
בַּכֹּ֑חַba.Ko.achin <the> powerH3581
יְמִֽינְךָ֥ye.mi.ne.Kharight [hand] yourH3225
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
תִּרְעַ֥ץtir.'Atzit shatteredH7492
אוֹיֵֽב\׃'o.Yev[the] enemyH341

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Cross references for Exodus 15:6

  • Psalms 118:15-16

    The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

  • Psalms 2:9

    Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11-12

    Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 60:5

    That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

  • Revelation 2:27

    And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

  • Isaiah 52:10

    The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

  • Psalms 74:11

    Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

  • 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?

  • Jeremiah 13:14

    And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Psalms 44:3

    For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
right hand.
11; 1Ch 29:11,12; Ps 17:7; 44:3; 60:5; 74:11; 77:10; 89:8-13
Ps 98:1; 118:15,16; Isa 51:9; 52:10; Mt 6:13
dashed.
Ps 2:9; Isa 30:14; Jer 13:14; Re 2:27

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

Context

  • 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 15:7

    And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

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Exodus 15:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tu diestra, oh Jehová, ha sido magnificada en fortaleza; tu diestra, oh Jehová, ha quebrantado al enemigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ta droite, ô Éternel! s’est montrée magnifique en force; ta droite, ô Éternel! a écrasé l’ennemi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Deine Rechte, Jehova, ist herrlich in Macht; deine Rechte, Jehova, hat zerschmettert den Feind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dextera tua, Domine, magnificata est in fortitudine: dextera tua, Domine, percussit inimicum.