Thematic Bible




Exodus 15:1 (show verse)

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, singing,

“I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously;
The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea.

Exodus 15:2 (show verse)


“The Lord is my strength and my song,
And He has become my salvation;
This is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Exodus 15:3 (show verse)


“The Lord is a warrior;
The Lord is His name.

Exodus 15:4 (show verse)


“Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has thrown into the sea;
His chosen captains are drowned in the Red Sea.

Exodus 15:5 (show verse)


“The deep [water] covers them;
[Clad in armor] they sank into the depths like a stone.

Exodus 15:6 (show verse)


“Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.

Exodus 15:7 (show verse)


“In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow and annihilate those [adversaries] who rise [in rebellion] against You;
You send out Your fury, and it consumes them like chaff.

Exodus 15:8 (show verse)


“With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up,
The flowing waters stood up like a mound;
The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 15:9 (show verse)


“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied against them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’

Exodus 15:10 (show verse)


“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
[Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Exodus 15:11 (show verse)


“Who is like You among the gods, O Lord?
Who is like You, majestic in holiness,
Awesome in splendor, working wonders?

Exodus 15:12 (show verse)


“You stretched out Your right hand,
The sea swallowed them.

Exodus 15:13 (show verse)


“You in Your lovingkindness and goodness have led the people whom You have redeemed;
In Your strength You have guided them with care to Your holy habitation.

Exodus 15:14 (show verse)


“The peoples have heard [about You], they tremble;
Anguish and fear has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 15:15 (show verse)


“Then the [tribal] chiefs of Edom were dismayed and horrified;
The [mighty] leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;
All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away [in despair]—

Exodus 15:16 (show verse)


Terror and dread fall on them;
Because of the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone;
Until Your people pass by and [into Canaan], O Lord,
Until the people pass by whom You have purchased.

Exodus 15:17 (show verse)


“You will bring them [into the land of promise] and plant them on the mountain (Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem) of Your inheritance,
The place, O Lord, You have made for Your dwelling [among them],
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

Exodus 15:18 (show verse)


“The Lord shall reign to eternity and beyond.”

Exodus 15:19 (show verse)

For the horses of Pharaoh went with his war-chariots and his charioteers into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.

Exodus 15:20 (show verse)

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron [and Moses], took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

Exodus 15:21 (show verse)

Miriam answered them,

“Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously and is highly exalted;
The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.”

Exodus 15:22 (show verse)

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went into the Wilderness of Shur; they went [a distance of] three days (about thirty-three miles) in the wilderness and found no water.

Exodus 15:23 (show verse)

Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter).

Exodus 15:24 (show verse)

The people [grew discontented and] grumbled at Moses, saying, “What are we going to drink?”

Exodus 15:25 (show verse)

Then he cried to the Lord [for help], and the Lord showed him a tree, [a branch of] which he threw into the waters, and the waters became sweet.

There the Lord made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them,

Exodus 15:26 (show verse)

saying, “If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively obey] all His precepts and statutes, then I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”

Exodus 15:27 (show verse)

Then the children of Israel came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.