Exodus 15:12
New International Version
“You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

New Living Translation
You raised your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies.

English Standard Version
You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them.

Berean Standard Bible
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

King James Bible
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

New King James Version
You stretched out Your right hand; The earth swallowed them.

New American Standard Bible
“You reached out with Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.

NASB 1995
“You stretched out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.

NASB 1977
“Thou didst stretch out Thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

Legacy Standard Bible
You stretched out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.

Amplified Bible
“You stretched out Your right hand, The sea swallowed them.

Christian Standard Bible
You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

American Standard Version
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

Contemporary English Version
When you signaled with your right hand, your enemies were swallowed deep into the earth.

English Revised Version
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.

Good News Translation
You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies.

International Standard Version
You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

Majority Standard Bible
You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

NET Bible
You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

New Heart English Bible
You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

World English Bible
You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You have stretched out Your right hand—Earth swallows them!

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand -- Earth swalloweth them!

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou didst stretch forth thy right hand, the earth will swallow them.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou stretchedst forth thy hand, and the earth swallowed them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You extended your hand, and the earth devoured them.

New American Bible
when you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them!

New Revised Standard Version
You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thou didst lift up thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You have lifted your right hand and the Earth swallowed them.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand-- The earth swallowed them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou stretchedst forth thy right hand, the earth swallowed them up.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Moses' Song of Deliverance
11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders? 12You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up. 13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.…

Cross References
Psalm 136:12
with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalm 78:54
He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

Psalm 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

Isaiah 63:12
who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

Psalm 114:3-5
The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; / the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. / Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

Joshua 4:23-24
For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over. / He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

Nehemiah 9:11
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

Psalm 77:16
The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.

Psalm 89:10
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Isaiah 51:10
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?

Habakkuk 3:15
You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

Revelation 15:3
and 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!

Hebrews 11:29
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

1 Corinthians 10:1-2
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

Acts 7:36
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.


Treasury of Scripture

You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

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Exodus 15:6
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

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Exodus 15
1. The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance
22. The people want water in the desert
23. The waters at Marah are bitter,
24. they murmur,
25. Moses prays, and sweetens the waters by God's direction
27. They encamp at Elim, where are twelve wells, and seventy palm trees














You stretched out Your right hand
In the Hebrew text, the phrase "You stretched out Your right hand" is "נָטִיתָ יְמִינְךָ" (natita yemincha). The "right hand" in biblical symbolism often represents power and authority. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, the right hand was associated with strength and skill. The act of stretching out the hand signifies an intentional and powerful action by God. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where God's right hand is depicted as a source of deliverance and might (e.g., Psalm 118:16). Theologically, this phrase emphasizes God's active role in the deliverance of His people, showcasing His sovereignty and omnipotence.

and the earth swallowed them
The Hebrew for "and the earth swallowed them" is "וַתִּבְלָעֵמוֹ אָרֶץ" (vatiblaemo aretz). The verb "swallowed" (בָּלַע, bala) conveys a sudden and complete action, often used in contexts of judgment or destruction. This phrase refers to the miraculous event at the Red Sea, where the pursuing Egyptian forces were engulfed by the returning waters. Historically, this event is a pivotal moment in the Exodus narrative, symbolizing the definitive defeat of Israel's oppressors. Theologically, it underscores God's justice and His ability to protect and vindicate His people. The imagery of the earth swallowing the enemies serves as a powerful reminder of God's ultimate control over creation and history.

(12) The earth swallowed them.--The sea, which actually "swallowed them," was a part of the earth. Literalism might argue that the statement contravened former ones (Exodus 15:4-5; Exodus 15:10); but the fact is otherwise. If we only allow our common sense fair play, and permit sacred writers the same latitude as profane ones, we shall find wonderfully few discrepancies, or even difficulties, in the Biblical narrative.

Verse 12. - Thou stretchedst out thy right hand. Thou hadst only to stretch out an arm, and at once thy enemies perished. The earth swallowed them up - i.e., the sea, which is a part of the earth. PART II.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You stretched out
נָטִ֙יתָ֙ (nā·ṭî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

Your right hand,
יְמִ֣ינְךָ֔ (yə·mî·nə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south

and the earth
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

swallowed them up.
תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ (tiḇ·lā·‘ê·mōw)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf


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