Exodus 15:3

Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

In Context

2Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about. He is the one who has saved me. He is ◄my God/God, the one I worship►, and I will praise him. He is the one my father worshiped, and I will tell others how great he is.

4He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army into the sea; His best officers all drowned in the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez).

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Cross References

Exodus 3:13Moses/I said to God, “If I go to the Israeli people and say to them, ‘God, the one your ancestors worshiped, has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’, what shall I say to them?”

Exodus 3:15God also said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors worshiped, the one that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, has sent me to you.’ This name, Yahweh, will be my name forever. That is the name that people in all future generations must use when they talk about/to me.

Exodus 6:6So tell the Israeli people that I said this: ‘I am Yahweh. I will free you from the burdens of heavy work that the Egyptians have given you. I will free you from being their slaves. With my great power [MTY] and by punishing them [MTY] very severely, I will save you.

Exodus 14:25He caused the wheels of the chariots to get stuck in the mud, so that they could hardly move. So the Egyptians said, “Yahweh is fighting for the Israelis and against us; let’s get out of here!”

Psalms 45:3You who are a mighty warrior, put on your sword! You are glorious and majestic.

Isaiah 42:8I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised.

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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