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.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”
- KJV 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.
- NKJV And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!”
- NASB And Miriam answered them, “Sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.”
- NLT And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.”
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Quick answer
Miriam sang back the refrain, praising Yahweh's glorious triumph over horse and rider.
Overview
Her antiphonal refrain echoes the song's opening, framing the whole celebration in praise. The repetition keeps the focus squarely on God's triumph, not human achievement. Shared song fixes the memory of redemption in the heart of God's people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Exod 15:1Then 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.
- Rev 7:10–12And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Rev 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Rev 19:1–6After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Isa 5:1–30I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Ps 134:1–3A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
- Judg 5:3Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 1 Sam 18:7And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
- Ps 24:7–10Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
- 2 Chr 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
- Rev 14:3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
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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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