Exodus 15:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Neh 9:11 : 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 pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Exod 14:28 : 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exod 15:10 : 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Jer 51:63-64 : 63 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 the Euphrates: 64 and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Ezek 27:34 : 34 In the time that thou wast broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company did fall in the midst of thee.
Jonah 2:2 : 2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice.
Mic 7:19 : 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Matt 18:6 : 6 But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and [that] he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.
Rev 18:21 : 21 And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Exod 15:6-10
5 verses
86%
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.
Exod 15:4
85%
4Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
Neh 9:11
82%
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 15:12
79%
12Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them.
Exod 14:25-30
6 verses
78%
25And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
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.
28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
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.
Heb 11:29
77%
29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.
Ps 106:11
77%
11And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
Exod 15:19
77%
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 124:4-5
2 verses
76%
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Ps 78:53
76%
53And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Ps 77:16
76%
16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
Exod 14:21-23
3 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.
23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Ps 107:26
75%
26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
Exod 15:1
74%
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.
Ps 106:9
74%
9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Jonah 2:5
74%
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Exod 14:16
74%
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.
Hab 3:15
73%
15Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
Jonah 2:3
73%
3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
2 Sam 22:5
73%
5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Deut 11:4
73%
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;
Ps 136:15
73%
15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Job 26:5
73%
5They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
Ps 78:15
73%
15He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
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 78:13
72%
13He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
Isa 11:15
72%
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.
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.
Job 30:14
72%
14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
Ps 107:24
72%
24These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.
Exod 14:3
72%
3And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Ps 104:6
72%
6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
Exod 15:21
72%
21And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Exod 14:9
72%
9And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
Ezek 28:8
72%
8They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.
Isa 63:13
71%
13that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?
2 Sam 22:16
71%
16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Job 38:30
71%
30The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.