Exodus 15 · Verse 7

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.
Exodus 15:7, King James Version

Exodus 15:7 in other translations

BSBYou overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
WEBIn the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
ASVAnd in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
YLTAnd in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath--It consumeth them as stubble.
DARBYAnd by the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown thine adversaries: Thou sentest forth thy burning wrath, it consumed them as stubble.
BBEWhen you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.
WebsterAnd in the greatness of thy excellence thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

What does Exodus 15:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 In the greatness of thine excellency - To this wonderful deliverance the Prophet Isaiah refers, Isa 63:11-14 : "Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name."

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 15:7 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.

וּבְרֹ֥בu.ve.Roand in [the] greatness ofH7230
גְּאוֹנְךָ֖ge.'on.Khamajesty yourH1347
תַּהֲרֹ֣סta.ha.Rosyou threw downH2040
קָמֶ֑יךָka.Mei.cha[those who] rose against youH6965
תְּשַׁלַּח֙te.sha.Lachyou sent forthH7971
חֲרֹ֣נְךָ֔cha.Ro.ne.khaanger yourH2740
יֹאכְלֵ֖מוֹyo.khe.Le.movit consumed themH398
כַּקַּֽשׁ\׃ka.Kashlike <the> stubbleH7179

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Cross references for Exodus 15:7

  • Isaiah 5:24

    Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Isaiah 47:14

    Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

  • Psalms 83:13

    O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

  • Isaiah 5:16

    But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

  • Psalms 148:13

    Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

  • Deuteronomy 33:26

    There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

  • Isaiah 37:29

    Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Isaiah 37:17

    Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

  • Psalms 78:49-50

    He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

  • Matthew 3:12

    Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the greatness.
9:16; De 33:26; Ps 68:33; 148:13; Isa 5:16; Jer 10:6
them that.
Isa 37:17,23,29,36,38; Mic 4:11; Na 1:9-12; Zec 2:8; 14:3,8
Ac 9:4
consumed.
Ps 59:13; 83:13; Isa 5:24; 47:14; Na 1:10; Mal 4:1; Mt 3:12

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Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 15:8

    And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

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Exodus 15:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y con la grandeza de tu poder has trastornado á los que se levantaron contra ti: enviaste tu furor; los tragó como á hojarasca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et dans la grandeur de ta majesté, tu as détruit ceux qui s’élevaient contre toi; tu as lâché ta colère, elle les a dévorés comme du chaume.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und in der Größe deiner Hoheit hast du niedergerissen, die sich wider dich erhoben; du ließest deine Zornglut los: sie hat sie verzehrt wie Stoppeln.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et in multitudine gloriæ tuæ deposuisti adversarios tuos: misisti iram tuam, quæ devoravit eos sicut stipulam.