Exodus 14:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶל־הָעָם֮ אַל־תִּירָאוּ֒ הִֽתְיַצְב֗וּ וּרְאוּ֙ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם כִּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר רְאִיתֶ֤ם אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ הַיּ֔וֹם לֹ֥א תֹסִ֛יפוּ לִרְאֹתָ֥ם ע֖וֹד עַד־עוֹלָֽם

Transliteration

wa-yyōmer Mōšeh ʾel-hā-ʿām ʾal-tîrāʾû hiṯyaṣṣəḇû û-rəʾû ʾeṯ-yəšûʿaṯ YHWH ʾăšer-yaʿăśeh lāḵem ha-yôm kî ʾăšer rəʾîṯem ʾeṯ-Miṣrayim ha-yôm lōʾ ṯōsîphû li-rəʾōṯām ʿôd ʿad-ʿôlām

Grammar Details

• *wa-yyōmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *hā-ʿām*: article + noun, masculine singular - the people
• *ʾal*: negative particle - do not
• *tîrāʾû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - fear
• *hiṯyaṣṣəḇû*: Hithpael imperative, masculine plural - stand firm
• *û-rəʾû*: conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine plural - and see
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *yəšûʿaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - salvation of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom
• *yaʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will do/accomplish
• *lāḵem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for you
• *ha-yôm*: article + noun, masculine singular - today/this day
• *kî*: conjunction - for
• *rəʾîṯem*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you have seen
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt/Egyptians
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ṯōsîphû*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will add/continue
• *li-rəʾōṯām*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to see them
• *ʿôd*: adverb - again/anymore
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity

Word Meanings

• *ʾal-tîrāʾû*: do not fear/do not be afraid
• *hiṯyaṣṣəḇû*: stand firm/take your stand/position yourselves
• *yəšûʿaṯ YHWH*: salvation of YHWH/deliverance of the LORD
• *yaʿăśeh*: he will do/he will accomplish/he will perform
• *ha-yôm*: today/this day
• *ṯōsîphû*: you will add/you will continue/you will do again
• *ʿad-ʿôlām*: forever/for eternity

Referenced Verses

• Exod 14:30 : 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
• 2 Chr 20:17 : 17 Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.
• Gen 49:18 : 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
• Lam 3:26 : 26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 20:15 : 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God's.
• Hos 13:4 : 4 Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.
• Hos 13:9 : 9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.
• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 ¶ Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 43:11 : 11 I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour.
• Jer 3:23 : 23 Truly in vain [is salvation hoped for] from the hills, [and from] the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God [is] the salvation of Israel.
• Hab 3:13 : 13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
• Gen 15:1 : 1 ¶ After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
• 2 Kgs 6:16 : 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.
• Exod 15:1-9 : 1 ¶ Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. 5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, [and] the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful [in] praises, doing wonders? 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be [as] still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established. 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry [land] in the midst of the sea. 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 ¶ So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee. 27 And they came to Elim, where [were] twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
• Num 14:9 : 9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.
• Neh 9:9 : 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
• Ps 3:8 : 8 Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah.
• Ps 27:1-2 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
• Ps 46:1-3 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
• Isa 26:3 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.
• Isa 30:15 : 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [even] God [with] a recompence; he will come and save you.
• Deut 20:3 : 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
• 1 Chr 11:14 : 14 And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.
• Matt 28:5 : 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
• Hab 3:8 : 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thine anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses [and] thy chariots of salvation?