He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Parallel translations
- WEB He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
- BSB He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced 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 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Exod 14:21–22And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Exod 15:1–21Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Josh 3:14And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
- Ps 78:13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
- Ps 136:13–14To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- Ps 106:8–12Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- Rev 15:2–3And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
- Ps 104:5–7Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- Isa 63:13–14That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
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