Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. New Living Translation But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. English Standard Version You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. Berean Standard Bible But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. King James Bible Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. New King James Version You blew with Your wind, The sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters. New American Standard Bible “You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters. NASB 1995 “You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters. NASB 1977 “Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Legacy Standard Bible You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Amplified Bible “You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; [Clad in armor] they sank like lead in the mighty waters. Christian Standard Bible But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Holman Christian Standard Bible But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. American Standard Version Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters. Contemporary English Version But when you got furious, they sank like lead, swallowed by ocean waves. English Revised Version Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water. Good News Translation But one breath from you, LORD, and the Egyptians were drowned; they sank like lead in the terrible water. International Standard Version "You blew with your breath, and the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water. NET Bible But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. New Heart English Bible You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Webster's Bible Translation Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in the mighty waters. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleBut You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. World English Bible You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have blown with Your wind "" The sea has covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters. Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst blow with thy spirit; the sea covered them: they rolled down as lead in the great waters. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThy wind blew and the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in the mighty waters. Catholic Public Domain Version Your breath blew, and the sea covered them. They were submerged like lead into the mighty waters. New American Bible When you blew with your breath, the sea covered them; like lead they sank in the mighty waters. New Revised Standard Version You blew with your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Your wind blew and the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou sentest forth thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Moses' Song of Deliverance…9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’ 10But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?… Cross References Psalm 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. Psalm 77:16-19 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. / The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. / Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. ... Isaiah 51:10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over? Nehemiah 9:11 You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters. Psalm 78:13 He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. Isaiah 43:16-17 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: Psalm 136:13-15 He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. / and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever. / but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever. Joshua 4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over. Hebrews 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned. Psalm 114:3-5 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; / the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. / Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, Isaiah 63:11-13 Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? Psalm 33:7 He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. Psalm 18:15 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. Job 26:12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. Nahum 1:4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. Treasury of Scripture You did blow with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. blow Exodus 14:21 Genesis 8:1 Psalm 74:13,14 the sea Exodus 14:28 Deuteronomy 11:4 they sank Exodus 15:5 Jump to Previous Blew Blow Blown Breath Covered Great Lead Mighty Sank Sea Sunk Waters WindJump to Next Blew Blow Blown Breath Covered Great Lead Mighty Sank Sea Sunk Waters WindExodus 15 1. The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance22. The people want water in the desert 23. The waters at Marah are bitter, 24. they murmur, 25. Moses prays, and sweetens the waters by God's direction 27. They encamp at Elim, where are twelve wells, and seventy palm trees But You blew with Your breath This phrase highlights the divine intervention of God in the deliverance of the Israelites. The "breath" of God is often symbolic of His power and presence. In Genesis 2:7, God breathes life into Adam, signifying creation and life-giving power. Here, His breath signifies judgment and deliverance. The imagery of God’s breath is also seen in Ezekiel 37:9-10, where the breath brings life to dry bones, symbolizing restoration and renewal. This act of God blowing with His breath demonstrates His sovereignty over nature and His ability to control the elements to fulfill His purposes. and the sea covered them They sank like lead in the mighty waters Persons / Places / Events 1. The LORD (Yahweh)The central figure in this verse, demonstrating His power and sovereignty over creation and history by delivering the Israelites from the Egyptians. 2. The Sea (Red Sea) The body of water that God parted to allow the Israelites to escape from the Egyptians, and then used to destroy the pursuing Egyptian army. 3. The Egyptians The oppressors of the Israelites, who pursued them into the sea and were ultimately defeated by God's intervention. 4. Moses and the Israelites The recipients of God's deliverance, who witnessed His mighty acts and sang this song of praise in response. 5. The Event of the Exodus The broader context of this verse, where God leads the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, culminating in the crossing of the Red Sea. Teaching Points God's SovereigntyGod's control over nature and history is absolute. He can use the elements of creation to accomplish His purposes and deliver His people. Divine Deliverance Just as God delivered the Israelites from their enemies, He is able to deliver us from the spiritual and physical challenges we face today. Judgment and Justice The destruction of the Egyptians serves as a reminder of God's justice. He will ultimately judge those who oppose Him and His people. Faith in Action The Israelites' crossing of the Red Sea was an act of faith. We are called to trust God and step forward in faith, even when the path seems impossible. Praise and Worship The response of Moses and the Israelites was to sing a song of praise. Our response to God's work in our lives should be one of worship and gratitude. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 15Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43? What does it mean to praise God? In 1 Corinthians 10:2, what does it mean for the Israelites to be 'baptized into Moses,' and how does this align with historical accounts of their exodus? How does Jesus connect all biblical narratives together?(10) Thou didst blow with thy wind.--A new fact, additional to the narrative in Exodus 14, but in complete harmony with it. As a strong east (southeast) wind had driven the waters of the Bitter Lakes to the north-westward, so (it would seem) their return was aided and hastened by a wind from the opposite direction, which caused the sea to "cover" the Egyptians. They sank as lead.--Compare Exodus 15:5. To an eye-witness, it would seem, the sudden submersion and disappearance of each warrior, as the waters closed around him, was peculiarly impressive. Each seemed to be swallowed up at once, without a struggle. This would be a natural result of the heavy armour worn by the picked warriors. In the mighty waters.--With these words the second stanza, or strophe, closes. Miriam and her maidens, it is probable, again interposed with the magnificent refrain, "Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath glorified himself gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea." Verse 10. - Thou didst blow with thy wind. Here we have another fact not mentioned in the direct narrative, but entirely harmonising with it. The immediate cause of the return of the waters, as of their retirement, was a wind. This wind must have come from a new quarter, or its effects would not have been to bring the water back. We may reasonasbly suppose a wind to have arisen contrary to the former one, blowing from the north-west or the north, which would have driven the water of the Bitter LaMes southward, and thus produced the effect spoken cf. The effect may, or may not, have been increased by the flow of the tide in the Red Sea They sank as lead. See the comment on verse 5.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But You blewנָשַׁ֥פְתָּ (nā·šap̄·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5398: To breeze, blow up fresh with Your breath, בְרוּחֲךָ֖ (ḇə·rū·ḥă·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit and the sea יָ֑ם (yām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin covered them. כִּסָּ֣מוֹ (kis·sā·mōw) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover They sank צָֽלֲלוּ֙ (ṣā·lă·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6749: To tumble down, settle by a, waving motion like lead כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת (ka·‘ō·w·p̄e·reṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5777: Lead (a metal) in the mighty אַדִּירִֽים׃ (’ad·dî·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 117: Wide, large, powerful waters. בְּמַ֖יִם (bə·ma·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen Links Exodus 15:10 NIVExodus 15:10 NLT Exodus 15:10 ESV Exodus 15:10 NASB Exodus 15:10 KJV Exodus 15:10 BibleApps.com Exodus 15:10 Biblia Paralela Exodus 15:10 Chinese Bible Exodus 15:10 French Bible Exodus 15:10 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 15:10 You blew with your wind (Exo. 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