Exodus 14:29

29 But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

Exodus 14:29 in Other Translations

29 But 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.

29 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

29 But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides.

29 But the Israelites walked right through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall to the right and to the left.

29 But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters [like] a wall to them on their right and their left.

Exodus 14:29 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 14:29

But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst
of the sea
The bottom of it becoming so through the strong east wind, which blew all night until they came to the opposite shore, where they landed on "terra firma"; and so Noldius renders the phrase "through the sea"; that is, from shore to shore: and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their
left; (See Gill on Exodus 14:22).

Exodus 14:29 In-Context

27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD swept them into the sea.

28 The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

29 But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

30 That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

31 And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the LORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.

Cross References

• 1. ver; 21,S 22; Joshua 24:11; 2 Kings 2:8; Psalms 74:15
• 2. Psalms 78:13