and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;
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and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day;
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And 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;
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and 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;
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 11:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 14:23-31 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army. He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!” Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them. But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
- Exodus 15:9-10 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’ You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Exodus 15:19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
- Psalms 106:11 The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
- Exodus 15:4 He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
- Hebrews 11:29 By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 11:4 And what he did unto the army…
Deu 11:4 And 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;
Ver. 4. Hath destroyed them unto this day,] i.e., Hath so destroyed and dismayed them, that to this day we hear no more of them: as the Romans so quailed and quelled King Attalus, that he made a law that none of his successors should make war with that state for ever.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The effect of which destruction continueth to this day,…
The effect of which destruction continueth to this day, in their weakness and fear, and our safety from all their further attempts against us.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And what he did unto the army of Egypt,…
And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots,.... At the Red sea, when they pursued Israel in order to bring them back or destroy them, after they had let them go, which army was very numerous; see Exo 14:7.
how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them; "or to flow over their faces" (b):
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as they pursued after you; so that they could not see their way, nor steer their course after them; and not only so, but were covered with the waters of the sea, drowned in them, and sunk to the bottom of them: and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; either continued to destroy them yet more and more by one means or another; or else the destruction made by the several plagues upon them, and particularly that of their army at the Red sea, which was the strength and glory of the nation, was so general and extensive, that they never recovered it to that day; and so were in no capacity of coming out against them, and attacking them, and doing them any hurt, all the forty years they had been in the wilderness; of which no doubt they had knowledge, and of their condition and circumstances there.
(b) "fecit inundare super facics eorum", Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Unto this day - The effect of which destruction…
Unto this day - The effect of which destruction continueth to this day, in their weakness and fear, and our safety from their farther attempts against us.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 11:4-5. Hath destroyed them unto this day —…
Deu 11:4-5. Hath destroyed them unto this day — Brought them so low that they have not yet recovered their strength. Or, the effect of which destruction continueth to this day, in their weakness and fear, and our safety from their further attempts against us. What he did in the wilderness — Both in a way of judgment and mercy.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Day. So that none of the Egyptians have since…
Day. So that none of the Egyptians have since been able to molest you.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. the Red Sea] On the Heb. name, probably…
4. the Red Sea] On the Heb. name, probably Sea of Reeds or Sedge, see note to Exo_13:18. On the passage of the sea, see Exodus 14. D does not mention it elsewhere than here; but see Deu_1:1; Deu_1:40.
destroyed them] This form of the verb, ’ibbed, found in D only here and in Deu_12:2-3, another Pl. passage. But both Sg. and Pl. use another form of the same verb.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses continues speaking to the adult Israelites who were old enough to see what God did in Egypt.
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Neither did they see what he did
"Neither did your children see what Yahweh did"
the army of Egypt
"the Egyptian soldiers"
they pursued after you
Here "you" means the Israelites who were alive about 40 years earlier.
to this place
This means the plain of the Jordan River Valley where Moses is speaking to them before they cross over into Canaan.
translationWords
Egypt
horse
chariot
Sea of Reeds
Yahweh
desert
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:4 The common translation Red Sea (literally sea of…
11:4 The common translation Red Sea (literally sea of reeds) comes from the Greek Old Testament. It was called the “Sea of Reeds” because of the marshy plants that grew along its shores.
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