KJV King James Version
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
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Psalm 106:9
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
WEB World English Bible
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
ASV American Standard Version
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness.
Surrounding context — Psalm 106
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
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Psalm 18:15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.Nahum 1:4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.Isaiah 63:11-14Then 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?Isaiah 51:10[Art] thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?Psalm 78:13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.Exodus 14:27-29And 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 136:13-16To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Psalm 66:6He turned the sea into dry [land]: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.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.Psalm 77:19-20Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.Exodus 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.Psalm 78:52-53But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.Isaiah 50:2Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.Psalm 114:3-7The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.Isaiah 11:14-16But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.Matthew 8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
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