Isaiah 51 · Verse 15

Isaiah 51:15

But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
Isaiah 51:15, King James Version

Isaiah 51:15 in other translations

BSBFor I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
WEBFor I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. the LORD of Armies is his name.
ASVFor I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
YLTAnd I am Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.
DARBYAnd I am Jehovah thy God, who raiseth the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
BBEFor I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.
WebsterBut I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

What does Isaiah 51:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. divided ... sea--the Red Sea. The same Hebrew word as "make to rest" (Is 51:4). Rather, "that terrify the sea," that is, restrain it by My rebuke, "when its waves roar" [Gesenius]. The Hebrew favors Maurer, "that terrify the sea so that the waves roar." The sense favors Gesenius (Jr 5:22; 31:35), or English Version (Is 51:9, 10, which favors the special reference to the exodus from Egypt).

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 51:15 in the original Hebrew

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וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ve.'a.no.Khiand IH595
יְהוָ֣הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
רֹגַ֣עro.Ga'[who] stirs upH7280
הַיָּ֔םhai.Yamthe seaH3220
וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּvai.ye.he.Muand they roaredH1993
גַּלָּ֑יוga.Lavwaves itsH1530
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[is] YahwehH3068
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
שְׁמֽוֹ\׃she.Moname hisH8034

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

Cross references for Isaiah 51:15

  • Jeremiah 31:35

    Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

  • Isaiah 54:5

    For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

  • Amos 9:5-6

    And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

  • Psalms 74:13

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

  • Isaiah 47:4

    As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 10:16

    The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

  • Psalms 136:13

    To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Psalms 114:3-5

    The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

  • 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?

  • Job 26:12

    He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

  • Isaiah 48:2

    For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that divided.
10; Ne 9:11; Job 26:12; Ps 74:13; 114:3-5; 136:13; Jer 31:35
Am 9:5,6
The Lord.
47:4; 48:2; 54:5; Jer 10:16

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Context

  • Isaiah 51:14

    The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

  • Isaiah 51:15

    But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.

  • Isaiah 51:16

    And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

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Isaiah 51:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero yo Jehová, que parto la mar, y suenan sus ondas, soy tu Dios, cuyo nombre es Jehová de los ejércitos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais moi, je suis l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, qui soulève la mer, et ses flots mugissent: l’ Éternel des armées est son nom.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn ich bin Jehova, dein Gott, der das Meer erregt, und seine Wogen brausen; Jehova der Heerscharen ist sein Name. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego autem sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui conturbo mare, et intumescunt fluctus ejus: Dominus exercituum nomen meum.