He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
- KJV He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
- NKJV He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot. There we will rejoice in Him.
- NASB He turned the sea into dry land; They passed through the river on foot; Let’s rejoice there, in Him!
- NLT He made a dry path through the Red Sea, and his people went across on foot. There we rejoiced in him.
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Quick answer
God turned the sea into dry land so His people crossed on foot, prompting rejoicing. It recalls the Exodus deliverance as cause for joy.
Overview
This verse recalls the crossing of the Red Sea and likely the Jordan, when God made a way through the waters for His people. Past redemption fuels present worship. These deliverances prefigure the greater exodus from sin and death won through Christ.
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Cross-references · 10
- Josh 3:16the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
- Exod 14:21–22Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Exod 15:1–21Then 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.
- Josh 3:14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
- Ps 78:13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
- Ps 136:13–14He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 106:8–12Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
- Rev 15:2–3And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
- Ps 104:5–7He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
- Isa 63:13–14who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
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