At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
Parallel translations
- WEB In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
- KJV And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
- NKJV Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians.
- NASB But at the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion.
- NLT But just before dawn the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw their forces into total confusion.
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In the morning watch Yahweh looked out from the pillar and threw the Egyptian army into confusion.
Overview
God's gaze from the cloud is enough to unravel Egypt's mighty force. The LORD fights not with Israel's weapons but by His own terrifying presence. What human armies could not resist, God overthrows by a look, vindicating His people.
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Cross-references · 13
- Exod 13:21And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
- Ps 77:16–19The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
- Exod 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
- Job 23:15–16Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
- Exod 14:19–20And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Ps 18:13–14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
- Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
- Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Ps 48:5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
- Job 34:20They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
- Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- 1 Sam 11:11The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
- Ps 104:32He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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