KJV King James Version
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
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Hebrews 11:29
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
WEB World English Bible
By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.
ASV American Standard Version
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;
Surrounding context — Hebrews 11
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets:
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ΠίστειG4102 · pistisfaithδιέβησανG1224 · diabainōto crossτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐρυθρὰνG2063 · eruthrosRed (Sea)θάλασσανG2281 · thalassaseaὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenδιὰG1223 · diathrough/because ofξηρᾶςG3584 · xērosdried up/witheredγῆς,G1093 · gēearth: planetἧςG3739 · hos, hēwhichπεῖρανG3984 · peiratestλαβόντεςG2983 · lambanōto takeοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoΑἰγύπτιοιG124 · AiguptiosEgyptianκατεπόθησαν.¶G2666 · katapinōto swallow
Cross-references
Psalm 106:9-11He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.Psalm 78:13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.Exodus 14:13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.Psalm 66:6He turned the sea into dry [land]: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.Habakkuk 3:8-10Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation?Isaiah 51:9-10Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.Isaiah 63:11-16Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, [and] his people, [saying], Where [is] he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where [is] he that put his holy Spirit within him?Psalm 114:1-5When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;Psalm 136:13-15To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Isaiah 11:15-16And 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.Nehemiah 9:11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
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