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They put their faith in the LORD and in his servant Moses. <a href="/esv/exodus/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses. <a href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses. <a href="/kjv/exodus/14.htm">King James Bible</a> And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/14.htm">New King James Version</a> Thus Israel saw the great work which the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and His servant Moses. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses. <a href="/nasb/exodus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And when Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses. <a href="/lsb/exodus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Israel saw the great hand which Yahweh had used against the Egyptians; and the people feared Yahweh, and they believed in Yahweh and in His servant Moses. <a href="/amp/exodus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, they feared the LORD [with reverence and awe-filled respect], and they believed in the LORD, and in His servant Moses. <a href="/csb/exodus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When Israel saw the great power that the LORD used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses. <a href="/asv/exodus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses. <a href="/cev/exodus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Because of the mighty power he had used against the Egyptians, the Israelites worshiped him and trusted him and his servant Moses. <a href="/erv/exodus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Israel saw the great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD: and they believed in the LORD, and in his servant Moses. <a href="/gwt/exodus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When the Israelites saw the great power the LORD had used against the Egyptians, they feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses. <a href="/gnt/exodus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> When the Israelites saw the great power with which the LORD had defeated the Egyptians, they stood in awe of the LORD; and they had faith in the LORD and in his servant Moses. <a href="/isv/exodus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> When Israel saw the great force by which the LORD had acted against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed the LORD and Moses his servant. <a href="/msb/exodus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses. <a href="/net/exodus/14.htm">NET Bible</a> When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses. <a href="/nheb/exodus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Israel saw the great work which the LORD did to the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in God, and in his servant Moses. <a href="/wbt/exodus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. <a href="/web/exodus/14.htm">World English Bible</a> Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and Israel sees the great hand with which YHWH has worked against the Egyptians, and the people fear YHWH, and remain steadfast in YHWH, and in His servant Moses. <a href="/ylt/exodus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and Israel seeth the great hand with which Jehovah hath wrought against the Egyptians, and the people fear Jehovah, and remain stedfast in Jehovah, and in Moses His servant. <a href="/slt/exodus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Israel will see the great hand which Jehovah did upon Egypt; and the people will fear Jehovah, and they will believe in Jehovah, and in Moses his servant.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand that the Lord had used against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea and the great hand that the Lord had exercised against them. And the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in Moses his servant. <a href="/nabre/exodus/14.htm">New American Bible</a> and saw the great power that the LORD had shown against Egypt, the people feared the LORD. They believed in the LORD and in Moses his servant. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Israel saw the great work that the LORD did against the Egyptians. So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did against the Egyptians; and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and his servant Moses. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Israel saw the great hand with which LORD JEHOVAH worked on the Egyptians and the people of LORD JEHOVAH were in awe and they believed in LORD JEHOVAH and in Moshe his Servant. <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Israel saw the great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the LORD, and in His servant Moses. <a href="/sep/exodus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Israel saw the mighty hand, the things which the Lord did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and Moses his servant. <a href="/parallel/exodus/14-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3690" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/14.htm">Parting the Red Sea</a> …30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. 31<a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">When Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: way·yar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gə·ḏō·lāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: hay·yāḏ (Art:: N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">power</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">had exercised</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">over the Egyptians,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: way·yî·rə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">feared</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: way·ya·’ă·mî·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To confirm, support. ">and believed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">in Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">and in His servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: ū·ḇə·mō·šeh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a> By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned. <a href="/psalms/106-12.htm">Psalm 106:12</a> Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. <a href="/joshua/4-23.htm">Joshua 4:23-24</a> For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over. / He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.” <a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Nehemiah 9:9-11</a> You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. / You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters. <a href="/psalms/78-53.htm">Psalm 78:53</a> He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-22.htm">Deuteronomy 6:22-23</a> Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household. / But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a> I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. <a href="/psalms/136-13.htm">Psalm 136:13-15</a> He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. / and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever. / but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever. <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Isaiah 63:12-14</a> who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? / Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name. <a href="/romans/10-17.htm">Romans 10:17</a> Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. <a href="/john/2-11.htm">John 2:11</a> Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-3.htm">Deuteronomy 11:3-4</a> the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; / what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day; <a href="/psalms/105-39.htm">Psalm 105:39</a> He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. <a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a> He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. <a href="/revelation/15-3.htm">Revelation 15:3</a> and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did on the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.work.<a href="/1_samuel/12-18.htm">1 Samuel 12:18</a> So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.<a href="/psalms/119-120.htm">Psalm 119:120</a> My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.believed<a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Exodus 4:31</a> And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.<a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Exodus 19:9</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.<a href="/2_chronicles/20-20.htm">2 Chronicles 20:20</a> And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/exodus/12-44.htm">Bondman</a> <a href="/titus/2-11.htm">Displayed</a> <a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/exodus/9-20.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Power</a> <a href="/exodus/12-45.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/revelation/22-6.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/3_john/1-14.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Used</a> <a href="/exodus/14-25.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/20-12.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Bondman</a> <a href="/numbers/14-17.htm">Displayed</a> <a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/exodus/15-14.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-21.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/exodus/15-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/exodus/15-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/15-6.htm">Power</a> <a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/numbers/12-7.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Used</a> <a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 14</div>1. <a href="/exodus/14-1.htm">God instructs the Israelites in their journey</a> 5. <a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Pharaoh pursues after them</a> 10. <a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">The Israelites murmur</a> 13. <a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Moses comforts them</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/14-15.htm">God instructs Moses</a> 19. <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">The cloud removes behind the camp</a> 21. <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the Egyptians</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>When Israel saw the great power This phrase highlights the moment when the Israelites witnessed a miraculous event. The "great power" refers to the parting of the Red Sea and the subsequent destruction of the Egyptian army. This event is a demonstration of God's sovereignty and might, serving as a pivotal moment in Israel's history. It is a fulfillment of God's promise to deliver His people from bondage (<a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6</a>). The power displayed here is a testament to God's ability to intervene in human history and alter the natural order for His purposes.that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, The Egyptians were the oppressors of the Israelites, and God's actions against them were both a judgment and a deliverance. This phrase underscores the divine retribution against Pharaoh and his army, who had defied God's command to let His people go (<a href="/exodus/5-2.htm">Exodus 5:2</a>). The plagues and the final destruction at the Red Sea serve as a warning against resisting God's will. This event is also a type of Christ's victory over sin and death, as God delivers His people from slavery, just as Christ delivers believers from the bondage of sin.the people feared the LORD The fear mentioned here is one of reverence and awe, not terror. It reflects a recognition of God's holiness and power. This reverence is a foundational aspect of the Israelites' relationship with God, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom." This fear leads to obedience and worship, setting the stage for the covenant relationship that will be established at Mount Sinai.and believed in Him This belief signifies trust and faith in God's promises and His ability to fulfill them. It marks a turning point for the Israelites, who had previously doubted and complained (<a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Exodus 14:11-12</a>). Their faith is now strengthened by witnessing God's deliverance. This belief is essential for their identity as God's chosen people and is echoed in the New Testament, where faith in God is central to the Christian life (<a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a>).and in His servant Moses. Moses is affirmed as God's chosen leader and prophet. His role as mediator between God and the people is solidified through this event. Moses is a type of Christ, who is the ultimate mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). The people's belief in Moses is crucial for the journey ahead, as he will lead them through the wilderness and deliver God's laws. Moses' leadership is validated by the signs and wonders performed through him, establishing his authority and the divine origin of his mission.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The descendants of Jacob, also known as the Israelites, who were enslaved in Egypt and led out by Moses. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who demonstrated His power and faithfulness by delivering the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egyptians.htm">Egyptians</a> The people of Egypt, particularly the army that pursued the Israelites and was defeated at the Red Sea. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The servant of God and leader of the Israelites, chosen to lead them out of Egypt and through the wilderness. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_red_sea.htm">The Red Sea</a> The body of water that God miraculously parted to allow the Israelites to escape from the pursuing Egyptian army.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god.htm">The Power of God</a> Recognize and trust in God's mighty power to deliver and protect His people, as demonstrated in the miraculous events at the Red Sea. <a href="/topical/f/fear_and_reverence.htm">Fear and Reverence</a> Develop a healthy fear and reverence for the Lord, acknowledging His authority and sovereignty over all circumstances. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_leadership.htm">Faith in Leadership</a> Understand the importance of trusting in God's appointed leaders, as the Israelites did with Moses, while discerning their alignment with God's will. <a href="/topical/w/witnessing_god's_works.htm">Witnessing God's Works</a> Reflect on personal experiences of God's intervention and allow these to strengthen your faith and commitment to Him. <a href="/topical/b/belief_and_obedience.htm">Belief and Obedience</a> Emphasize the connection between belief in God and obedience to His commands, as seen in the Israelites' response to God's deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 14</a> <a href="/q/how_does_joshua_3_compare_to_other_water-partings.htm">How does the crossing in Joshua 3 compare with contradictory or differing accounts of water-parting miracles elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_happens_in_exodus.htm">What events occur in the biblical book of Exodus?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_hur_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Hur in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_evidence_for_exodus_miracles.htm">Why is there no evidence for the miraculous events claimed in Exodus?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) Israel saw that great work.--The destruction of the Pharaoh's chariot force and cavalry in the Red Sea secured the retreat of Israel, and saved them from any further molestation at the hands of the Egyptians. The spirit of the nation was effectually broken for the time; and it was not till after several reigns, and an interval of anarchy, that there was a revival. The king himself probably despaired of effecting anything against a foe that was supernaturally protected; and the army, having lost the flower of the chariot force, on which it mainly depended for success, desired no further contest. The Israelites, as will be seen further on, in their rapid march to Sinai avoided the Egyptian settlements, and having once reached the Sinaitic region, they were beyond the dominion of Egypt, and for forty years quite out of the path of Egyptian conquest. The episode in the life of the nation begun by the descent of Jacob into Egypt now terminated, and a fresh beginning was made. In the open air of the desert, cut off from all other races, admitted to close communion with Jehovah, the people entered upon that new and higher existence which culminated in the teaching of the prophets, in the noble struggles of Ezra and Nehemiah, and in the memorable stand on behalf of religious truth and national independence which was made by the Maccabees.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - And Israel saw that great work. The "work" was, at the least, (1) the (almost) entire destruction of that arm of the service - the chariot force-on which the Egyptian kings mainly relied for success in all their wars; and (2) the defeat and disgrace of the Egyptian king himself, in an expedition for which he was alone responsible, involving permanent discredit to his military capacity, and naturally tending to shake his authority over his subjects. It secured the Israelites from further persecution, mainly by the reminiscences which it left behind, but partly also by removing them to a distance from the natural course of Egyptian warlike or commercial movement. Though Egypt had mining establishments in the Sinaitic peninsula, at Wady-Magharah and Sarabit-el-Khadim, yet as these were avoided by the Israelites on their way to Sinai, and never afterwards approached, there naturally was no collision between them and the Pharaonic garrisons at those sites. Still more remote were they during their wanderings from the Egyptian military route, which proceeded along the coast from Pelusium to Gaza, and then ran northwards through the Shephelah. Thus the Passage of the Red Sea brought one phase in the life of the people to an end, and was the commencement of another. It separated them from Egypt until the time came when their king would hold communication with its monarch on equal terms (<a href="/1_kings/3-1.htm">1 Kings 3:1</a>). It secured their independence, and raised them at once into a nation. It further caused them to exchange the artificial life of a bureaucratical and convention-loving community for the open space and untrammelled freedom of the desert. It thus rejuvenated and reinvigorated the race, and enabled them to enter on that career of conquest which culminated in the Kingdom - may we not say the Empire? - of David. some writers have supposed that the blow to the Egyptian power was greater than here represented. They believe the entire warrior caste or class to have taken part in the expedition, and to have been destroyed in the Red Sea Thus they describe the calamity as "the total annihilation of the whole military force of the Egyptians" (Kalisch). They also believe the Pharaoh to have perished with his host. To the present writer it seems that the former opinion is contrary both to the text of Scripture, and to the after course of Egyptian history, for it is agreed on all hands that Egypt continued nearly as powerful as before, while the latter he regards as at least exceedingly doubtful. <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Psalm 86:15</a>, is quoted as asserting it; but it appears to him (1) that "overthrow" is not necessarily "death;" and . . . <a href="/commentaries/exodus/14-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc saw וַיַּ֨רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see the great הַגְּדֹלָ֗ה (hag·gə·ḏō·lāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent power הַיָּ֣ד (hay·yāḏ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had exercised עָשָׂ֤ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make over the Egyptians, בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם (bə·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4713.htm">Strong's 4713: </a> Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt the people הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock feared וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ (way·yî·rə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten the LORD יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and believed וַיַּֽאֲמִ֙ינוּ֙ (way·ya·’ă·mî·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> To confirm, support in Him בַּֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and in His servant עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ (‘aḇ·dōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant Moses. וּבְמֹשֶׁ֖ה (ū·ḇə·mō·šeh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/14-31.htm">OT Law: Exodus 14:31 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh (Exo. 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