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Exodus 15:5

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

KJV

Abyssi operuerunt eos ; descenderunt in profundum quasi lapis.

Vulgate

πόντῳ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτούς· κατέδυσαν εἰς βυθὸν ὡσεὶ λίθος.

LXX

The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

ASV

תְּהֹמֹ֖ת יְכַסְיֻ֑/מוּ יָרְד֥וּ בִ/מְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ אָֽבֶן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
מְצוּלָ֑ה
mtsvlh
noun · 11×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

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

1. Thus when Constantine, whom we have already mentioned as an emperor, born of an emperor, a pious son of a most pious and prudent father, and Licinius, second to him, — two God-beloved emperors, honored alike for their intelligence and their piety — being stirred up against the two most impious tyrants by God, the absolute Ruler and Saviour of all, engaged in formal war again…

Cross-references

  • Exod 14:28 — And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
  • Exod 15:10 — Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
  • Exod 15:10 — Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
  • 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 106:11 — And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.