“The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
Parallel translations
- WEB The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
- KJV The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
- BSB The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- NKJV “The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
- NLT The peoples hear and tremble; anguish grips those who live in Philistia.
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News of God's act makes the nations tremble, with Philistia seized by anguish.
Overview
The fame of the Red Sea spreads dread among the peoples Israel will encounter. God's victory has effects far beyond Egypt, paving the way to the promised land. The fear of the nations confirms that the LORD's mighty acts are known and feared abroad.
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Cross-references · 9
- Deut 2:25Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.”
- Josh 2:9–10She said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
- Ps 48:6Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
- Isa 14:31Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
- Josh 9:24They answered Joshua, and said, “Because your servants were certainly told how Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
- Num 14:14They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the middle of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
- Deut 2:4–5Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.
- Num 22:5He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
- Isa 14:29Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
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