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Selected Verse: Exodus 14:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 14:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Wherefore criest [06817] thou unto me? speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they go forward [05265]: |
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King James |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? &c.--When in answer to his prayers, he received the divine command to go forward, he no longer doubted by what kind of miracle the salvation of his mighty charge was to be effected. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Wherefore criest thou unto me? - Moses does not speak of his intercession, and we only know of it from this answer to his prayer. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The words of Jehovah to Moses, "What criest thou to Me?" imply that Moses had appealed to God for help, or laid the complaints of the people before Him, and do not convey any reproof, but merely an admonition to resolute action. The people were to move forward, and Moses was to stretch out his hand with his staff over the sea and divide it, so that the people might go through the midst on dry ground. Exo 14:17 and Exo 14:18 repeat the promise in Exo 14:3, Exo 14:4. The command and promise were followed by immediate help (Exo 14:19-29). Whilst Moses divided the water with his staff, and thus prepared the way, the angel of God removed from before the Israelites, and placed himself behind them as a defence against the Egyptians, who were following them. "Upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen" (Exo 14:17), is in apposition to "all his host;" as Pharaoh's army consisted entirely of chariots and horsemen (cf. Exo 14:18). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Wherefore criest thou unto me - Moses though he was assured of a good issue, yet did not neglect prayer. We read not of one word he said in prayer, but he lifted up his heart to God, and God well understood, and took notice of. Moses's silent prayer prevailed more with God, than Israel's loud out - cries. But is God displeased with Moses for praying? No, he asks this question, Wherefore criest thou unto me? Wherefore shouldst thou press thy petition any farther, when it is already granted? Moses has something else to do besides praying, he is to command the hosts of Israel. Speak to them that they go forward - Some think Moses had prayed not so much for their deliverance, he was assured of that; as for the pardon of their murmurings, and God's ordering them to go forward, was an intimation of the pardon. Moses bid them stand still and expect orders from God: and now orders are given. They thought they must have been directed either to the right hand, or to the left; no, saith God, speak to them to go forward, directly to the sea - side; as if there had lain a fleet of transport ships ready for them to embark in. Let the children of Israel go as far as they can upon dry ground, and then God will divide the sea. The same power could have congealed the waters for them to pass over, but infinite wisdom chose rather to divide the waters for them to pass through, for that way of salvation is always pitched upon which is most humbling. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Wherefore criest thou unto me? - We hear not one word of Moses' praying, and yet here the Lord asks him why he cries unto him? From which we may learn that the heart of Moses was deeply engaged with God, though it is probable he did not articulate one word; but the language of sighs, tears, and desires is equally intelligible to God with that of words. This consideration should be a strong encouragement to every feeble, discouraged mind: Thou canst not pray, but thou canst weep; if even tears are denied thee, (for there may be deep and genuine repentance, where the distress is so great as to stop up those channels of relief), then thou canst sigh; and God, whose Spirit has thus convinced thee of sin, righteousness, and judgment, knows thy unutterable groanings, and reads the inexpressible wish of thy burdened soul, a wish of which himself is the author, and which he has breathed into thy heart with the purpose to satisfy it. |
18 And the Egyptians [04714] shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have gotten me honour [03513] upon Pharaoh [06547], upon his chariots [07393], and upon his horsemen [06571].
17 And I, behold, I will harden [02388] the hearts [03820] of the Egyptians [04714], and they shall follow [0935] them [0310]: and I will get me honour [03513] upon Pharaoh [06547], and upon all his host [02428], upon his chariots [07393], and upon his horsemen [06571].
19 And the angel [04397] of God [0430], which went [01980] before [06440] the camp [04264] of Israel [03478], removed [05265] and went [03212] behind [0310] them; and the pillar [05982] of the cloud [06051] went [05265] from before their face [06440], and stood [05975] behind [0310] them:
20 And it came [0935] between the camp [04264] of the Egyptians [04714] and the camp [04264] of Israel [03478]; and it was a cloud [06051] and darkness [02822] to them, but it gave light [0215] by night [03915] to these: so that the one came not near [07126] the other [02088] all the night [03915].
21 And Moses [04872] stretched out [05186] his hand [03027] over the sea [03220]; and the LORD [03068] caused the sea [03220] to go [03212] back by a strong [05794] east [06921] wind [07307] all that night [03915], and made [07760] the sea [03220] dry [02724] land, and the waters [04325] were divided [01234].
22 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went [0935] into the midst [08432] of the sea [03220] upon the dry [03004] ground: and the waters [04325] were a wall [02346] unto them on their right hand [03225], and on their left [08040].
23 And the Egyptians [04714] pursued [07291], and went in [0935] after [0310] them to the midst [08432] of the sea [03220], even all Pharaoh's [06547] horses [05483], his chariots [07393], and his horsemen [06571].
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning [01242] watch [0821] the LORD [03068] looked [08259] unto the host [04264] of the Egyptians [04714] through the pillar [05982] of fire [0784] and of the cloud [06051], and troubled [02000] the host [04264] of the Egyptians [04714],
25 And took off [05493] their chariot [04818] wheels [0212], that they drave [05090] them heavily [03517]: so that the Egyptians [04714] said [0559], Let us flee [05127] from the face [06440] of Israel [03478]; for the LORD [03068] fighteth [03898] for them against the Egyptians [04714].
26 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Stretch out [05186] thine hand [03027] over the sea [03220], that the waters [04325] may come again [07725] upon the Egyptians [04714], upon their chariots [07393], and upon their horsemen [06571].
27 And Moses [04872] stretched forth [05186] his hand [03027] over the sea [03220], and the sea [03220] returned [07725] to his strength [0386] when the morning [01242] appeared [06437]; and the Egyptians [04714] fled [05127] against [07125] it; and the LORD [03068] overthrew [05287] the Egyptians [04714] in the midst [08432] of the sea [03220].
28 And the waters [04325] returned [07725], and covered [03680] the chariots [07393], and the horsemen [06571], and all the host [02428] of Pharaoh [06547] that came [0935] into the sea [03220] after [0310] them; there remained [07604] not so much as [05704] one [0259] of them.
29 But the children [01121] of Israel [03478] walked [01980] upon dry [03004] land in the midst [08432] of the sea [03220]; and the waters [04325] were a wall [02346] unto them on their right hand [03225], and on their left [08040].
4 And I will harden [02388] Pharaoh's [06547] heart [03820], that he shall follow [07291] after [0310] them; and I will be honoured [03513] upon Pharaoh [06547], and upon all his host [02428]; that the Egyptians [04714] may know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068]. And they did [06213] so.
3 For Pharaoh [06547] will say [0559] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], They are entangled [0943] in the land [0776], the wilderness [04057] hath shut them in [05462].
18 And the Egyptians [04714] shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have gotten me honour [03513] upon Pharaoh [06547], upon his chariots [07393], and upon his horsemen [06571].
17 And I, behold, I will harden [02388] the hearts [03820] of the Egyptians [04714], and they shall follow [0935] them [0310]: and I will get me honour [03513] upon Pharaoh [06547], and upon all his host [02428], upon his chariots [07393], and upon his horsemen [06571].