| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea! | 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. |
| 2The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He 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 man of war; the LORD is his name. |
| 4Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. | 4“Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. |
| 5The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone. | 5The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. |
| 6“Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces. | 6Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. |
| 7And in the greatness of Your excellence You have overthrown those who rose against You; You sent forth Your wrath; It consumed them like stubble. | 7In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble. |
| 8And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths congealed in the heart of the sea. | 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. |
| 9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, My hand shall destroy them.’ | 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.’ |
| 10You blew with Your wind, The sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters. | 10You blew with your wind; 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, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? | 11“Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? |
| 12You stretched out Your right hand; The earth swallowed them. | 12You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. |
| 13You in Your mercy have led forth The people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength To Your holy habitation. | 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. |
| 14“The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia. | 14The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. |
| 15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, Trembling will take hold of them; All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away. | 15Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. |
| 16Fear and dread will fall on them; By the greatness of Your arm They will be as still as a stone, Till Your people pass over, O LORD, Till the people pass over Whom You have purchased. | 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. |
| 17You will bring them in and plant them In the mountain of Your inheritance, In the place, O LORD, which You have made For Your own dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established. | 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. |
| 18“The LORD shall reign forever and ever.” | 18The LORD will reign forever and ever.” |
| 19For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. | 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. |
| 20Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. | 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. |
| 21And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!” | 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.” |
| 22So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. | 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. |
| 23Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. | 23When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. |
| 24And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” | 24And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” |
| 25So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, | 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, |
| 26and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.” | 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.” |
| 27Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters. | 27Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water. |
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