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King James Version

Exodus 15:13

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Epic;   Faith;   God Continued...;   Joy;   Poetry;   Praise;   Psalms;   Readings, Select;   Song;   Thankfulness;   The Topic Concordance - Guidance;   Redemption;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Praise;   Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Exodus;   Exodus, book of;   Moses;   Redemption;   Victory;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Deuteronomy, Theology of;   God, Name of;   God, Names of;   Moses;   Power;   Providence of God;   Vengeance;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Judgments of God;   Singing;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dance;   Miriam;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hymn;   Mercy, Merciful;   Omnipotence;   Poetry;   Redeem, Redemption, Redeemer;   Sanctification;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Joy;   Pity;   Poetry;   Praise;   Wars of the Lord, Book of the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hymn;   Redemption (2);   Upper Room (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Exodus, the;   Hymns;   Redemption;   44 People Nations Gentiles;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - canticle;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ouches;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mir'iam;   Mo'ses;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Sinai;   Time Given to Religion;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses, Song of;   Ransom;   Sanctification;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Avenger of Blood;   Go'el;   Joshua, the Samaritan Book of;   Poetry;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"You, in your lovingkindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
Lexham English Bible
In your loyal love you led the people whom you redeemed; in your strength you guided them to the abode of your holiness.
New Century Version
You keep your loving promise and lead the people you have saved. With your strength you will guide them to your holy place.
New English Translation
By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.
Amplified Bible
"You in Your lovingkindness and goodness have led the people whom You have redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them with care to Your holy habitation.
New American Standard Bible
"In Your faithfulness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou wilt by thy mercie cary this people, which thou deliueredst: thou wilt bring them in thy strength vnto thine holy habitation.
Legacy Standard Bible
In Your lovingkindness You have guided the people whom You have redeemed;In Your strength You have led them to Your holy habitation.
Contemporary English Version
The people you rescued were led by your powerful love to your holy place.
Complete Jewish Bible
In your love, you led the people you redeemed; in your strength, you guided them to your holy abode.
Darby Translation
Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness.
Easy-to-Read Version
But with your kindness you led the people you saved. And with your strength you led them to your holy land.
English Standard Version
"You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
George Lamsa Translation
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth this people whom thou hast saved; thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Good News Translation
Faithful to your promise, you led the people you had rescued; by your strength you guided them to your sacred land.
Christian Standard Bible®
With your faithful love,you will lead the peopleyou have redeemed;you will guide them to your holy dwellingwith your strength.
Literal Translation
In Your mercy You led the people whom You redeemed; You guided in Your strength to Your holy dwelling.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou of yi very mercy hast led this people, whom thou hast delyuered, and with yi strength thou hast brought them vnto the dwellynge of thy Sanctuary.
American Standard Version
Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Bible in Basic English
In your mercy you went before the people whom you have made yours; guiding them in your strength to your holy place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou in thy mercie hast caryed this people which thou hast redeemed, and hast brought them in thy strength vnto thy holy habitation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.
King James Version (1611)
Thou in thy mercie hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength vnto thy holy habitation.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou hast guided in thy righteousness this thy people whom thou hast redeemed, by thy strength thou hast called them into thy holy resting-place.
English Revised Version
Thou in thy mercy hast led the people which thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Berean Standard Bible
With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thou were ledere in thi merci to thy puple, which thou ayen bouytist; and thou hast bore hym in thi strengthe to thin holi dwellyng place.
Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast led forth in Thy kindness The people whom Thou hast redeemed. Thou hast led on in Thy strength Unto Thy holy habitation.
Update Bible Version
You in your loving-kindness have led the people that you have redeemed: You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
World English Bible
"You, in your lovingkindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
New King James Version
You in Your mercy have led forth The people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength To Your holy habitation.
New Living Translation
"With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.
New Life Bible
You have led with loving-kindness the people You have made free. You have led them in Your strength to Your holy place.
New Revised Standard
"In your steadfast love you led the people whom you redeemed; you guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou hast led forth in thy lovingkindness, the people which thou hast redeemed, - Thou hast guided them in thy might into the home of thy holiness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In thy mercy thou hast been a leader to the people which thou hast redeemed: and in thy strength thou hast carried them to thy holy habitation.
Revised Standard Version
"Thou hast led in thy steadfast love the people whom thou hast redeemed, thou hast guided them by thy strength to thy holy abode.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.

Contextual Overview

1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord , and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord , for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. 5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord , is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord , hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou: Genesis 19:16, Ephesians 2:4

led: Psalms 77:14, Psalms 77:15, Psalms 77:20, Psalms 78:52, Psalms 78:53, Psalms 80:1, Psalms 106:9, Isaiah 63:12, Isaiah 63:13, Jeremiah 2:6

guided: 1 Peter 1:5

holy: Psalms 78:54

Reciprocal: Exodus 6:6 - redeem Deuteronomy 9:26 - which thou hast brought forth Nehemiah 1:10 - whom Psalms 25:6 - for they Psalms 78:35 - their redeemer Psalms 105:43 - And he Psalms 106:10 - redeemed Psalms 111:9 - sent Psalms 136:15 - for his mercy Psalms 136:24 - General Isaiah 35:9 - but Isaiah 43:1 - Fear Isaiah 51:10 - dried Luke 1:51 - showed

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Genesis 15:8
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Exodus 1:11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed,.... From their servitude and bondage in Egypt; and so they were the Lord's people, peculiar to him, and distinct from all others: those he led forth, as out of Egypt, so through the Red sea onward towards Canaan's land; which was owing to his mercy, pity, and compassion to them in their affliction and distress: thus the spiritual Israel are a people redeemed by Christ from the bondage of sin, Satan, and the law, and are his property, special and peculiar to him, and distinguished from all others: those he leads forth out of the state of nature in which they are, which is a very uncomfortable one, dark, bewildered, and forlorn, and out of their own ways, both of sin and self-righteousness; he leads them in himself the true way to eternal life, and in the paths of faith, truth, and holiness; and he leads to himself, his blood, righteousness, and fulness, and into his Father's presence, into his house and ordinances, and at last to heaven, the city of their habitation: and though it is sometimes in a rough way he leads them thither, yet always in a right one; and this must be ascribed to his grace and mercy, and not to the merits of his people: it was owing to his mercy he engaged for them as a surety, and came into this world to be their Saviour, in his love and pity he redeemed them; and it is according to abundant mercy they are regenerated, and called, and saved:

thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation; or rather, "art guiding them" w; for as yet they were not brought to their rest, the land of Canaan, where God had chosen a place for his people and himself to dwell in; nor was the tabernacle as yet made, much less the temple, where Jehovah took up his residence; but as he had brought out his people Israel from Egypt with a strong hand, and mighty arm, he was guiding and directing them onward in their journey, in the same greatness of his strength, which he would and did continue, until he brought them to the place he had chosen for his habitation; which was typical, both tabernacle and temple, of the human nature of Christ, in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells, and which is holy, being perfectly free from sin, and to which the people of God are guided as the new and living way to the Father, and whereby they have communion with him: likewise they were an emblem of the church of God, where Jehovah, Father, Son, and Spirit, dwell, and which consists of holy persons, and where holy services are performed; and hither the Lord guides and directs his people, and where he gives them a nature and a place better than that of sons and daughters; and also of heaven, where the Lord dwells, and which is the habitation of his holiness, where are holy angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect, and into which none shall enter but those that are holy; and hither the Lord guides all his people, with his counsel, and by his Spirit and word, and by his almighty power brings them thither;

w נהלת "commode ducis", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence. In every age this song gave the tone to the poetry of Israel; especially at great critical epochs of deliverance: and in the book of Revelation Exodus 15:3 it is associated with the final triumph of the Church.

The division of the song into three parts is distinctly marked: Exodus 15:1-5; Exodus 15:6-10; Exodus 15:11-18 : each begins with an ascription of praise to God; each increases in length and varied imagery unto the triumphant close.

Exodus 15:1

He hath triumphed gloriously - Literally, He is gloriously glorious.

The horse and his rider - The word “rider” may include horseman, but applies properly to the charioteer.

Exodus 15:2

The Lord is my strength and song - My strength and song is Jah. See Psalms 68:4. The name was chosen here by Moses to draw attention to the promise ratified by the name “I am.”

I will prepare Him an habitation - I will glorify Him. Our Authorized Version is open to serious objection, as suggesting a thought (namely, of erecting a temple) which could hardly have been in the mind of Moses at that time, and unsuited to the occasion.

Exodus 15:3

A man of war - Compare Psalms 24:8. The name has on this occasion a special fitness: man had no part in the victory; the battle was the Lord’s.

The Lord is his name - “Jah is His name.” See Exodus 15:2.

Exodus 15:4

Hath He cast - “Hurled,” as from a sling. See Exodus 14:27.

His chosen captains - See Exodus 14:7 note.

Exodus 15:5

As a stone - The warriors in chariots are always represented on the monuments with heavy coats of mail; the corslets of “chosen captains” consisted of plates of highly tempered bronze, with sleeves reaching nearly to the elbow, covering the whole body and the thighs nearly to the knee. The wearers must have sunk at once like a stone, or as we read in Exodus 5:10, like lumps of lead.

Exodus 15:7

Thy wrath - Literally, Thy burning, i. e. the fire of Thy wrath, a word chosen expressly with reference to the effect.

Exodus 15:8

The blast of God’s nostrils corresponds to the natural agency, the east wind Exodus 14:21, which drove the waters back: on the north the waters rose high, overhanging the sands, but kept back by the strongwind: on the south they laid in massive rollers, kept down by the same agency in the deep bed of the Red Sea.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said - The abrupt, gasping utterances; the haste, cupidity and ferocity of the Egyptians; the confusion and disorder of their thoughts, belong to the highest order of poetry. They enable us to realize the feelings which induced Pharaoh and his host to pursue the Israelites over the treacherous sandbanks.

Exodus 15:10

Thou didst blow with thy wind - Notice the solemn majesty of these few words, in immediate contrast with the tumult and confusion of the preceding verse. In Exodus 14:28, we read only, “the waters returned,” here we are told that it was because the wind blew. A sudden change in the direction of the wind would bring back at once the masses of water heaped up on the north.

They sank as lead - See the note at Exodus 15:5.

Exodus 15:11

Among the gods - Compare Psalms 86:8; Deuteronomy 32:16-17. A Hebrew just leaving the land in which polytheism attained its highest development, with gigantic statues and temples of incomparable grandeur, might well on such an occasion dwell upon this consummation of the long series of triumphs by which the “greatness beyond compare” of Yahweh was once for all established.

Exodus 15:13

Thy holy habitation - Either Palestine, regarded as the land of promise, sanctified by manifestations of God to the Patriarchs, and destined to be both the home of God’s people, and the place where His glory and purposes were to be perfectly revealed: or Mount Moriah.

Exodus 15:14

The inhabitants of Palestina - i. e. the country of the Philistines. They were the first who would expect an invasion, and the first whose district would have been invaded but for the faintheartedness of the Israelites.

Exodus 15:15

The dukes of Edom - See Genesis 36:15. It denotes the chieftains, not the kings of Edom.

The mighty men of Moab - The physical strength and great stature of the Moabites are noted in other passages: see Jeremiah 48:29, Jeremiah 48:41.

Canaan - The name in this, as in many passages of Genesis, designates the whole of Palestine: and is used of course with reference to the promise to Abraham. It was known to the Egyptians, and occurs frequently on the monuments as Pa-kanana, which applies, if not to the whole of Palestine, yet to the northern district under Lebanon, which the Phoenicians occupied and called “Canaan.”

Exodus 15:17

In the mountain of thine inheritance - See Exodus 15:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 15:13. Thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. — As this ode was dictated by the Spirit of God, It is most natural to understand this and the following verses, to the end of the 18th, as containing a prediction of what God would do for this people which he had so miraculously redeemed. On this mode of interpretation it would be better to read several of the verbs in the future tense.


 
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