Exodus 15:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:6 : 6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 15:13
82%
13Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Exod 15:4-11
8 verses
81%
4Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
5The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.
6Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
8And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were 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 upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Neh 9:10-11
2 verses
79%
10and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.
11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Exod 14:16
78%
16And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
Isa 63:12
77%
12that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Exod 14:26-27
2 verses
77%
26And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Jer 32:21
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21and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
Exod 14:21-22
2 verses
75%
21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22And 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.
Exod 14:29-30
2 verses
75%
29But 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.
30Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.
Ps 78:53
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53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Hab 3:15
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15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
Ps 74:15
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15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Ps 74:11
74%
11Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck] [it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].
Ps 89:13
74%
13Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Ps 77:15-16
2 verses
74%
15Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. {H5542}
16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Ps 17:7
74%
7Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge [in thee] From those that rise up [against them].
Exod 15:19
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19For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Ps 118:16
74%
16The right hand of Jehovah is exalted: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.
Deut 11:4-6
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74%
4and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Jehovah hath destroyed them unto this day;
5and what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place;
6and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
Ps 106:9
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9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Exod 15:1
73%
1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Num 16:34
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34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
Deut 26:8
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8and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;
Ps 144:7
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7Stretch forth thy hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of {H5236} aliens;
Heb 11:29
73%
29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.
Hab 3:10
73%
10The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Neh 9:15
73%
15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Ps 106:11
73%
11And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
Ps 77:19-20
2 verses
73%
19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
20Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Ps 106:17
73%
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
Isa 51:10
73%
10Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Ps 136:12
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12With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Exod 15:16
72%
16Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
Exod 9:15
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15For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth:
Isa 11:15
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15And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.