Isaiah 51 · Verse 10

Isaiah 51:10

Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Isaiah 51:10, King James Version

Isaiah 51:10 in other translations

BSBWas it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
WEBIsn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
ASVIs it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
YLTArt not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?
DARBYIs it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
BBEDid you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?
WebsterArt thou not that which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

What does Isaiah 51:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. it--the arm. Art not Thou the same Almighty power that ... ? dried the sea--the Red Sea (Is 43:16; Ex 14:21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 51:9-16

The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliverance in the mean time, as our cases require? In this world of changes, it is a short step from joy to sorrow, but in that world, sorrow shall never come in view. They prayed for the display of God's power; he answers them…

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Isaiah 51:10 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.

הֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808
אַתְּ\־'at-[are] youH859
הִיא֙hi'sheH1931
הַמַּחֲרֶ֣בֶתha.ma.cha.Re.vetwho dried upH2717
יָ֔םYam[the] seaH3220
מֵ֖יmei[the] water ofH4325
תְּה֣וֹםte.Hom[the] deepH8415
רַבָּ֑הra.BahgreatH7227
הַשָּׂ֙מָה֙ha.Sa.mahwho <she> madeH7760
מַֽעֲמַקֵּי\־ma.'a.ma.kei-[the] depths ofH4615
יָ֔םYam[the] seaH3220
דֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekha wayH1870
לַעֲבֹ֥רla.'a.Vorto pass overH5674
גְּאוּלִֽים\׃ge.'u.Limredeemed [people]H1350

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

Cross references for Isaiah 51:10

  • Isaiah 43:16

    Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

  • Isaiah 63:11-12

    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?

  • Isaiah 50:2

    Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

  • Exodus 15:13

    Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

  • Exodus 14:21-22

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

  • Isaiah 42:15

    I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

  • Psalms 74:13

    Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
dried.
42:15; 43:16; 50:2; 63:11,12; Ex 14:21,22; 15:13; Ps 74:13

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

Context

  • 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?

  • Isaiah 51:10

    Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

  • Isaiah 51:11

    Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

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Isaiah 51:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿No eres tú el que secó la mar, las aguas del grande abismo; el que al profundo de la mar tornó en camino, para que pasasen los redimidos?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
N’est-ce pas toi qui desséchas la mer, les eaux du grand abîme? qui fis des profondeurs de la mer un chemin pour le passage des rachetés?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Bist du es nicht, der das Meer, die Wasser der großen Flut, trocken gelegt, der die Tiefen des Meeres zu einem Wege gemacht hat, damit die Erlösten hindurchzögen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
numquid non tu siccasti mare, aquam abyssi vehementis; qui posuisti profundum maris viam, ut transirent liberati?