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Exodus 14:27

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

KJV

Cumque extendisset Moyses manum contra mare, reversum est primo diluculo ad priorem locum : fugientibusque Ægyptiis occurrerunt aquæ, et involvit eos Dominus in mediis fluctibus.

Vulgate

ἐξέτεινεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἀπεκατέστη τὸ ὕδωρ πρὸς ἡμέραν ἐπὶ χώρας· οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι ἔφυγον ὑπὸ τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐξετίναξεν Κύριος τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης.

LXX

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

ASV

וַ/יֵּט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶת יָד֜/וֹ עַל הַ/יָּ֗ם וַ/יָּ֨שָׁב הַ/יָּ֜ם לִ/פְנ֥וֹת בֹּ֨קֶר֙ לְ/אֵ֣יתָנ֔/וֹ וּ/מִצְרַ֖יִם נָסִ֣ים לִ/קְרָאת֑/וֹ וַ/יְנַעֵ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶת מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ הַ/יָּֽם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Moses
Places Red Sea

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵיתָֽן
'ytn
adjective · 13×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
ה
h
noun · 393×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
verb · 100×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְנַעֵ֧ר
yn'r
verb · 11×
יִּ֤פֶן
ypn
verb · 135×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Typology

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:36 — He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
  • Deut 11:4 — And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them
  • Heb 11:29 — By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
  • Isa 33:2 — O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
  • Job 38:13 — That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
  • Josh 4:18 — And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that t
  • Josh 24:7 — And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in th
  • Neh 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.
  • Ps 46:5 — God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
  • Ps 76:6 — At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
  • Ps 78:53 — And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
  • Ps 78:53 — And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
  • Ps 106:9 — He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
  • Ps 106:11 — And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.