KJV King James Version
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
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Exodus 15:10
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
WEB World English Bible
You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters.
Surrounding context — Exodus 15
7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, [and] the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
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Exodus 14:21And 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.Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!Exodus 15:5The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.Isaiah 11:15And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.Deuteronomy 11:4And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and [how] the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;Amos 4:13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name.Psalm 135:7He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.Jeremiah 10:13When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;Psalm 74:13-14Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.Exodus 14:27-28And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.Psalm 147:18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.
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