Exodus 15:5

They were covered by the deep waters: like a stone they went down under the waves.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

In Context

4Pharaoh's war-carriages and his army he has sent down into the sea: the best of his captains have gone down into the Red Sea.

6Full of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:10You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.

Jeremiah 51:63And it will be that, when you have come to an end of reading this book, you are to have a stone fixed to it, and have it dropped into the Euphrates:

Jonah 2:2\2:1\Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

Matthew 18:6But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 15:2-22

Triumphant Song of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1491.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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