Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: "I will sing to the Lord, because he has won a glorious victory; he has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.
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Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strong defender; he is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will sing about his greatness.
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The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.
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The LORD is a man of war. The LORD is his name.
4 "He threw Egypt's army and its chariots into the sea; the best of its officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
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He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
5 The deep sea covered them; they sank to the bottom like a stone.
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The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.
6 "Your right hand, Lord, is awesome in power; it breaks the enemy in pieces.
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Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power. Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.
7 In majestic triumph you overthrow your foes; your anger blazes out and burns them up like straw.
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In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
8 You blew on the sea and the water piled up high; it stood up straight like a wall; the deepest part of the sea became solid.
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With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, "I will pursue them and catch them; I will divide their wealth and take all I want; I will draw my sword and take all they have.'
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The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’
10 But one breath from you, Lord, and the Egyptians were drowned; they sank like lead in the terrible water.
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You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 "Lord, who among the gods is like you? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work miracles and mighty acts like yours?
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Who is like you, LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies.
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You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.
13 Faithful to your promise, you led the people you had rescued; by your strength you guided them to your sacred land.
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“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
14 The nations have heard, and they tremble with fear; the Philistines are seized with terror.
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The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 The leaders of Edom are terrified; Moab's mighty men are trembling; the people of Canaan lose their courage.
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Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Terror and dread fall upon them. They see your strength, O Lord, and stand helpless with fear until your people have marched past - the people you set free from slavery.
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Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone, until your people pass over, LORD, until the people you have purchased pass over.
17 You bring them in and plant them on your mountain, the place that you, Lord, have chosen for your home, the Temple that you yourself have built.
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You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, LORD, which you have made for yourself to dwell in: the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
18 You, Lord, will be king forever and ever."
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The LORD will reign forever and ever.”
19 The Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. But when the Egyptian chariots with their horses and drivers went into the sea, the Lord brought the water back, and it covered them.
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For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
20 The prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took her tambourine, and all the women followed her, playing tambourines and dancing.
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Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
21 Miriam sang for them: "Sing to the Lord, because he has won a glorious victory; he has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea."
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Miriam answered them, “Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”
22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they walked through the desert, but found no water.
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Moses led Israel onward 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 Then they came to a place called Marah, but the water there was so bitter that they could not drink it. That is why it was named Marah.
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When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
24 The people complained to Moses and asked, "What are we going to drink?"
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The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
25 Moses prayed earnestly to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood, which he threw into the water; and the water became fit to drink. There the Lord gave them laws to live by, and there he also tested them.
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Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.
26 He said, "If you will obey me completely by doing what I consider right and by keeping my commands, I will not punish you with any of the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord, the one who heals you."
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He said, “If you will diligently listen to the LORD your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”
27 Next they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; there they camped by the water.
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They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. They encamped there by the waters.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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