With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
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With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
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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.
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And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up — the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
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Passages linked to Exodus 15:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 4:9 By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
- Psalms 78:13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
- Exodus 14:21-22 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
- 2 Samuel 22:16 Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by Yahweh’s rebuke, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- Isaiah 11:4 but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
- Isaiah 37:7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
- Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, in the depth of the sea.
Or, in the depth of the sea.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils…
Exo 15:8 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.
Ver. 8. And with the blast.] In celebrating God’s favours, we must be punctual and particular.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of thy nostrils; or, of thine anger, to wit.…
Of thy nostrils; or, of thine anger, to wit. that vehement east wind, Exo 15:10; 14:21, which was raised by thine anger in order to the ruin of thine enemies.
The floods, Heb. the streams, or the flowing waters, whose nature it is to be constantly in motion.
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Were congealed, i.e. hardened, stood still, as if they had been frozen, and so they were a wall on both hands, Exo 14:22.
In the heart of the sea, i.e. the midst; as that word is used, Psa 18:16; 46:2; Eze 28:2.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters…
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together,.... From the bottom of the sea, and divided and laid on heaps; and this by a strong east wind, called the blast of the nostrils of the Lord, because as easily brought by him as a man's breath or wind is drawn through his nostrils; and thus Christ with the breath of his mouth, and the brightness of his coming, will destroy antichrist, Th2 2:8.
the floods stood upright as an heap; though a fluid body, yet by the power of Christ were raised up and continued upright, firm and consistent; as things dry and solid may be laid and heaped up on one another, and remain firm and stable; and so did the waters of the sea, they stood like a wall, and were as firm as a rock; while the Israelites passed between them, they stood upright, and lift up their hands, as if they blessed them; or blessed God for the deliverance of them, or in admiration of it; see Exo 14:22,
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain With the blast of thy nostrils - By thine…
With the blast of thy nostrils - By thine anger: The depths were congealed - Stood still, as if they had been frozen: In the heart of the sea - The midst of it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. The depths were congealed] The strong east…
Verse 8. The depths were congealed] The strong east wind (Ex 14:21) employed to dry the bottom of the sea, is here represented as the blast of God's nostrils that had congealed or frozen the waters, so that they stood in heaps like a wall on the right hand and on the left.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 15:8. With the blast of thy nostrils —…
Exo 15:8. With the blast of thy nostrils — Or, of thine anger, as the Hebrew word is often rendered. He means that vehement east wind, (Exo 15:10, and Exo 14:21,) which was raised by God’s anger in order to the ruin of his enemies. The floods — Hebrew, the streams, or the flowing waters, whose nature it is to be constantly in motion; stood upright as a heap — This is wonderfully beautiful and majestic, as indeed the whole song is. The inspired writer ennobles the wind by making God himself the principle of it; and animates the waters by making them susceptible of fear. The frighted waters withdrew with impetuosity from their wonted bed, and crowded suddenly one upon another. The depths were congealed — Hardened, stood still as if they had been frozen in the heart, the midst, of the sea. So that here the imagination figures to itself mountains of solid waters in the very centre of the liquid element.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Together. "Congealed on either side," as the Chaldean and…
Together. "Congealed on either side," as the Chaldean and Septuagint express it. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. the blast of thy nostrils] Fig. for the…
8. the blast of thy nostrils] Fig. for the wind (v. 10), as Psa_18:15.
were piled up] The hyperbole, as Exo_14:22 (the ‘wall’). The Heb. word occurs only here. ‘Heap’ in Rth_3:7 is cognate.
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floods] or streams, lit. the flowing ones. A poet. word; cf. Psa_78:16; Psa_78:44, Son_4:15, Isa_44:3.
an heap] Cf. Jos_3:13; Jos_3:16; Psa_78:13.
congealed] or, solidified (cf. Zep_1:12 RVm.,—the same word).
the heart of the sea] Cf. Psa_46:2, Eze_27:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain With the blast of thy nostril the waters were…
With the blast of thy nostril the waters were gathered together. Poetically, Moses describes the east wind which God set in motion as "the blast" or "breath of his nostrils." By means of it, he says, the waters were "gathered together," or "piled up;" then, growing bolder in his imagery, he represents the floods as "standing in a heap" on either side, and the depths as "congealed. No doubt, if these terms are meant to be taken literally, the miracle must have been one in which "the sea" (as Kalisch says) "giving up its nature, formed with its waves a firm wall, and instead of streaming like a fluid, congealed into a hard substance." But the question is, are we justified in taking literally the strong expressions of a highly wrought poetical description?
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 15:8 blast (literally nostrils): In other contexts, the same…
15:8 blast (literally nostrils): In other contexts, the same word may be translated “anger.” The hot breath from God’s nose is an image of God’s anger. • your breath: The Hebrew word translated as “breath” (ruakh) is the same one translated as “wind” in 14:21 and as “Spirit” in Gen 1:2. Nature is not God, but God is everywhere at work in nature.
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