Exodus 15:5
New International Version
The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

New Living Translation
The deep waters gushed over them; they sank to the bottom like a stone.

English Standard Version
The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.

Berean Standard Bible
The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

King James Bible
The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

New King James Version
The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone.

New American Standard Bible
“The waters cover them; They went down into the depths like a stone.

NASB 1995
“The deeps cover them; They went down into the depths like a stone.

NASB 1977
“The deeps cover them; They went down into the depths like a stone.

Legacy Standard Bible
The deeps cover them; They went down into the depths like a stone.

Amplified Bible
“The deep [water] covers them; [Clad in armor] they sank into the depths like a stone.

Christian Standard Bible
The floods covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The floods covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

American Standard Version
The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

Contemporary English Version
They sank to the bottom just like stones.

English Revised Version
The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The deep water covered them. They sank to the bottom like a rock.

Good News Translation
The deep sea covered them; they sank to the bottom like a stone.

International Standard Version
The deep covered them, they went down into the depths like a rock.

Majority Standard Bible
The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

NET Bible
The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

New Heart English Bible
The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.

Webster's Bible Translation
The depths have covered them: they sunk to the bottom as a stone.

World English Bible
The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The depths cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone.

Young's Literal Translation
The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone.

Smith's Literal Translation
The depths will cover them: they will go down into the deep as a stone.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The depths have covered them, they are sunk to the bottom like a stone.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The abyss has covered them. They descended into the depths like a stone.

New American Bible
The flood waters covered them, they sank into the depths like a stone.

New Revised Standard Version
The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The depths have covered them; they sank to the bottom like stones.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The depths covered them; they went down to the depth and they sank like a stone.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The deeps cover them-- They went down into the depths like a stone.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He covered them with the sea: they sank to the depth like a stone.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Moses' Song of Deliverance
4Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea. 5The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone. 6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.…

Cross References
Psalm 106:11
The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

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.

Exodus 14:27-28
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea. / The 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.

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?

Psalm 136:15
but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

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.

Joshua 24:7
So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Psalm 78:53
He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.

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 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. ...

Revelation 15:3
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

1 Corinthians 10:1-2
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. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

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 63:12-13
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?

Acts 7:36
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.


Treasury of Scripture

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

depths

Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

Ezekiel 27:34
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

Jonah 2:2
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

they

Nehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Jeremiah 51:63,64
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: …

Revelation 18:21
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

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Exodus 15
1. The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance
22. 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














The depths
The Hebrew word for "depths" is "תְּהֹמוֹת" (tehomot), which refers to the deep waters or the abyss. In the context of the Exodus narrative, this term evokes the chaotic and overwhelming power of the sea, which God harnessed to deliver His people. Theologically, it symbolizes the insurmountable obstacles that God can overcome for His people. The "depths" are not just physical waters but represent the profound challenges and adversities that God can subdue.

have covered them
The phrase "have covered them" uses the Hebrew verb "כָּסָה" (kasah), meaning to cover or conceal. This imagery is powerful, suggesting total submersion and obliteration. Historically, this reflects the fate of the Egyptian army, which pursued the Israelites only to be completely overwhelmed by the returning waters of the Red Sea. Spiritually, it signifies God's protective covering over His people, ensuring that their enemies are utterly defeated and unable to rise again.

they sank
"Sank" comes from the Hebrew "יָרַד" (yarad), which means to go down or descend. This word paints a vivid picture of the Egyptian forces being swallowed by the sea, descending into the depths from which there is no return. It is a testament to the finality of God's judgment against those who oppose His will. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the ultimate downfall of those who stand against God's purposes.

there
The word "there" indicates a specific location, emphasizing the immediacy and precision of God's intervention. It was at that precise moment and place that God acted decisively. This highlights God's sovereignty and control over time and space, orchestrating events to fulfill His divine plan. It reassures believers that God is present and active in the specific circumstances of their lives.

like a stone
The simile "like a stone" uses the Hebrew "אֶבֶן" (even), which conveys the idea of something heavy and lifeless. Stones sink quickly and irretrievably in water, symbolizing the swift and irreversible nature of the Egyptians' demise. This imagery underscores the weight of God's judgment and the futility of resisting His will. For believers, it is a powerful reminder of God's might and the assurance that He will bring justice to those who trust in Him.

(5) The depths have covered them.--Rather, covered them. The first stanza, or strophe, here terminates--the first historical review is completed. In it attention is concentrated on the one great fact of the deliverance by the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea. At the close it is probable that Miriam, with her chorus of women, took up the refrain of Exodus 15:1, and slightly modifying it, sang, as recorded in Exodus 15:21, "Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath glorified himself gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea."

Verse 5. - The depths have covered them. Rather "covered them." Into the bottom. Literally, "into the abyss." Like a stone. The warriors who fought in chariots commonly wore coats of mail, composed of bronze plates sewn on to a linen base, and overlapping one another. The coats covered the arms to the elbow, and descended nearly to the knee. They must have been exceedingly heavy: and the warrior who wore one must have sunk at once, without a struggle, like a stone or a lump of lead (verse 10).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The depths
תְּהֹמֹ֖ת (tə·hō·mōṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 8415: An abyss, the deep

have covered them;
יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ (yə·ḵas·yu·mū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

they sank
יָרְד֥וּ (yā·rə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

[there]
בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת (ḇim·ṣō·w·lōṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4688: A deep place

like
כְּמוֹ־ (kə·mōw-)
Preposition
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

a stone.
אָֽבֶן׃ (’ā·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 68: A stone


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