| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. | 1Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD. They said, "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea. |
| 2The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. | 2The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. |
| 3The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name. | 3The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is his name. |
| 4“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. | 4The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea. |
| 5The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. | 5The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone. |
| 6Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. | 6Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power, your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy. |
| 7In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble. | 7In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble. |
| 8At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. | 8By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea. |
| 9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’ | 9The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.' |
| 10You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. | 10But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. |
| 11“Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? | 11Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?--majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders? |
| 12You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. | 12You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. |
| 13“You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. | 13By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place. |
| 14The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. | 14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. |
| 15Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. | 15Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake. |
| 16Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone, till your people, O LORD, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased. | 16Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O LORD, until the people whom you have bought pass by. |
| 17You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O LORD, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. | 17You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O Lord, the sanctuary, O LORD, that your hands have established. |
| 18The LORD will reign forever and ever.” | 18The LORD will reign forever and ever! |
| 19For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. | 19For the horses of Pharaoh came with his chariots and his footmen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea." |
| 20Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. | 20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances. |
| 21And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.” | 21Miriam sang in response to them, "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea." |
| 22Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. | 22Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days into the desert, and found no water. |
| 23When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. | 23Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.) |
| 24And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” | 24So the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What can we drink?" |
| 25And he cried to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, | 25He cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them. |
| 26saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer.” | 26He said, "If you will diligently obey the LORD your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the LORD, am your healer." |
| 27Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water. | 27Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water. |
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