MSB Audio · Exodus 15
Majority Standard Bible
1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
3 The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
6 Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
7 You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
8 At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
10 But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.
13 With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
16 and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
18 The LORD will reign forever and ever!”
19 For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
21 And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
25 And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
26 saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
KJV
1 ¶ Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3 The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
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.
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.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
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.
14 The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be [as] still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established.
18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry [land] in the midst of the sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22 ¶ So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.
27 And they came to Elim, where [were] twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
Canticle of Moses. Bitter water made sweet.
1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song unto the LORD, saying: I will sing unto the LORD: for he hath done a marvellous thing, he hath cast horse and chariot into the sea.
2 The LORD is my strength, and my praise, and my salvation. This is my God, I will praise him: he is my father's God, I will exalt him.
3 the LORD is the right man of war. HErr is his name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his might did he cast into the sea; his chosen captains sank in the Red sea.
5 The deep covered them, they fell to the bottom like the stones.
6 O LORD, thy right hand doeth great wonders: O LORD, thy right hand hath broken in pieces the enemies.
7 And with thy great glory thou hast overthrown thine adversaries: for when thou didst vent thine anger, it consumed them like stubble.
8 By thy blowing the waters were opened, and the floods were heaped up: the deep welled up in the midst of the sea.
9 The enemy thought: I will pursue after them, and catch, and deal out the spoil, and cool my courage upon them; I will draw out my sword, and my hand shall destroy them.
10 And thou didst blow thy wind, and the sea covered them, and they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 O LORD, who is like unto thee among the gods? Who is like unto thee, that is mighty, and holy, and terrible, and praiseworthy, and working miracles?
12 When thou didst stretch forth thy right hand, it swallowed up the earth.
13 By thy mercy hast thou led thy people whom thou hast redeemed, and hast brought them by thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
14 And when the nations heard it, they trembled: and fear came upon the Philistines;
15 Then the princes of Edom were afraid; trembling came upon the mighty men of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan became cowardly.
16 Let terror and fear fall upon them by thy great arm, that they may be stilled as stones, until thy people come through, O LORD, until the people come through whom thou hast purchased.
17 Bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, which thou, O LORD, hast made thee to dwell in, in thy sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hand hath prepared.
18 The LORD shall be king for ever and ever.
19 For Pharaoh went into the sea with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen: and the LORD brought down the sea upon them. And the children of Israel passed through the midst of the sea dry.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women followed her out with timbrels in the round dance.
21 And Miriam sang unto them: Let us sing unto the LORD: for he hath done a marvellous thing, both man and horse hath he cast into the sea.
22 And Moses sent the children of Israel forth from the Red sea unto the wilderness of Sur. And they wandered three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
23 And they came to Mara; but they could not drink of the water of Mara, because it was almost bitter. Therefore they called the name of the place Mara.
24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And he cried unto the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree, and he put it into the water, and it became sweet. And there he set them a law and a statute, and tried them.
26 And he said, If thou wilt obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do that which is right in his sight, and receive his commandments in thine ears, and keep all his statutes, then I will not put upon thee any of the diseases which I have put upon Egypt: for I am the LORD thy physician.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible
The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.
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