Exodus 14:29
New International Version
But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

New Living Translation
But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides.

English Standard Version
But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Berean Standard Bible
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

King James Bible
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

New King James Version
But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

New American Standard Bible
But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right and on their left.

NASB 1995
But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

NASB 1977
But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Legacy Standard Bible
But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Amplified Bible
But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

Christian Standard Bible
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.

American Standard Version
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the children of Israel walked in the sea as on dry land and the waters were to them like a wall on their right hand and on their left.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left.

Contemporary English Version
But the sea had made a wall of water on each side of the Israelites, so they walked through on dry land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the children of Israel marched through the midst of the sea upon dry land, and the waters were to them as a wall on the right hand and on the left:

English Revised Version
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Meanwhile, the Israelites had gone through the sea on dry ground while the water stood like a wall on their right and on their left.

Good News Translation
But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on both sides.

International Standard Version
But the Israelis walked through the middle of the sea on dry land, and the water stood like a wall for them on their right and on their left.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Literal Standard Version
And the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters [are] a wall to them, on their right and on their left;

Majority Standard Bible
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

New American Bible
But the Israelites had walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, with the water as a wall to their right and to their left.

NET Bible
But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

New Revised Standard Version
But the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

New Heart English Bible
But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters are to them a wall, on their right and on their left;

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Context
Parting the Red Sea
28The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. 29But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. 30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:1
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

Exodus 14:22
and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 15:8
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 15:19
For when Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

Psalm 66:6
He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

Isaiah 11:15
The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

walked

Exodus 14:22
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Job 38:8-11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? …

Psalm 66:6,7
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him…

a wall

Joshua 3:16
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

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Exodus 14
1. God instructs the Israelites in their journey
5. Pharaoh pursues after them
10. The Israelites murmur
13. Moses comforts them
15. God instructs Moses
19. The cloud removes behind the camp
21. The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the Egyptians














Verse 29. - Walked. Rather, "had walked." The waters were a wall. Rather, "had been a wall." For the meaning of the expression, see note on ver. 22.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But the Israelites
וּבְנֵ֧י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

had walked
הָלְכ֥וּ (hā·lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

through
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the sea
הַיָּ֑ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

on dry ground,
בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה (ḇay·yab·bā·šāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3004: Dry land, dry ground

with walls
חֹמָ֔ה (ḥō·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

of water
וְהַמַּ֤יִם (wə·ham·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

on their
לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

right
מִֽימִינָ֖ם (mî·mî·nām)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south

and on their left.
וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם‪‬ (ū·miś·śə·mō·lām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8040: Dark, the north, the left hand


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