Exodus 15:7
New International Version
“In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.

New Living Translation
In the greatness of your majesty, you overthrow those who rise against you. You unleash your blazing fury; it consumes them like straw.

English Standard Version
In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble.

Berean Standard Bible
You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

King James Bible
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

New King James Version
And in the greatness of Your excellence You have overthrown those who rose against You; You sent forth Your wrath; It consumed them like stubble.

New American Standard Bible
“And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send out Your burning anger, and it consumes them like chaff.

NASB 1995
“And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.

NASB 1977
“And in the greatness of Thine excellence Thou dost overthrow those who rise up against Thee; Thou dost send forth Thy burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.

Legacy Standard Bible
And in the greatness of Your exaltation You pull down those who rise up against You; You send forth Your burning anger, and it devours them as chaff.

Amplified Bible
“In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow and annihilate those [adversaries] who rise [in rebellion] against You; You send out Your fury, and it consumes them like chaff.

Christian Standard Bible
You overthrew your adversaries by your great majesty. You unleashed your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

American Standard Version
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

Contemporary English Version
What a great victory was yours, when you defeated everyone who opposed you. Your fiery anger wiped them out, as though they were straw.

English Revised Version
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
With your unlimited majesty, you destroyed those who attacked you. You sent out your burning anger. It burned them up like straw.

Good News Translation
In majestic triumph you overthrow your foes; your anger blazes out and burns them up like straw.

International Standard Version
In the greatness of your majesty you broke down your enemies. You sent forth your anger, it consumed them like stubble.

Majority Standard Bible
You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

NET Bible
In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

New Heart English Bible
In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.

Webster's Bible Translation
And in the greatness of thy excellence thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

World English Bible
In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you. You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And in the abundance of Your excellence "" You throw down Your withstanders, "" You send forth Your wrath—It consumes them as stubble.

Young's Literal Translation
And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath -- It consumeth them as stubble.

Smith's Literal Translation
And in the multitude of thy majesty thou wilt destroy those rising up against thee: thou wilt send forth thine anger; it shall eat them as straw.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the multitude of they glory thou hast put down thy adversaries: thou hast sent thy wrath, which hath devoured them like stubble.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And in the multitude of your glory you have put down your adversaries. You sent out your wrath, which devoured them like stubble.

New American Bible
In your great majesty you overthrew your adversaries; you loosed your wrath to consume them like stubble.

New Revised Standard Version
In the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries; you sent out your fury, it consumed them like stubble.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And in the greatness of thy might thou hast overthrown them that hate thee; thou sentest thy wrath, and it consumed them like stubble.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And in the abundance of your strength you have pulled down those hating you; you have sent your wrath and it consumed them like trash.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And in the abundance of thy glory thou hast broken the adversaries to pieces: thou sentest forth thy wrath, it devoured them as stubble.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Moses' Song of Deliverance
6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy. 7You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. 8At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.…

Cross References
Psalm 78:49-50
He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels. / He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

Isaiah 63:3-6
“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. / For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come. / I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me. ...

Nahum 1:2-3
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies. / The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Psalm 21:8-9
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. / You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

Deuteronomy 32:39-42
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. / For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, / when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. ...

Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Psalm 136:15
but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

Isaiah 10:16-19
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame. / And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles. / The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man. ...

Jeremiah 30:23-24
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked. / The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.

Psalm 2:5
Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

Revelation 16:1
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”

Psalm 18:7-8
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. / Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

Isaiah 42:13
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

Hebrews 10:27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

Psalm 89:10
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.


Treasury of Scripture

And in the greatness of your excellency you have overthrown them that rose up against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

the greatness

Exodus 9:16
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Deuteronomy 33:26
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

Psalm 68:33
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

them that

Isaiah 37:17,23,29,36,38
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God…

Micah 4:11
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

Nahum 1:9-12
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time…

consumed

Psalm 59:13
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

Psalm 83:13
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Exodus 15
1. The song of Moses, Miriam, and Israel on their deliverance
22. The people want water in the desert
23. The waters at Marah are bitter,
24. they murmur,
25. Moses prays, and sweetens the waters by God's direction
27. They encamp at Elim, where are twelve wells, and seventy palm trees














You overthrew Your adversaries
This phrase highlights God's power and sovereignty in defeating the enemies of Israel. In the context of Exodus 15, this refers to the Egyptians who pursued the Israelites after their escape from slavery. The overthrow of adversaries is a recurring theme in the Bible, demonstrating God's protection and deliverance of His people. This can be seen in other instances such as the defeat of the Canaanites (Joshua 10:10) and the Philistines (1 Samuel 7:10). The term "adversaries" can also be understood spiritually, representing the forces of evil that oppose God's purposes.

by Your great majesty
The majesty of God refers to His supreme authority and glory. In the context of the Exodus, God's majesty was displayed through the miraculous parting of the Red Sea and the subsequent destruction of the Egyptian army. This event is a testament to God's unparalleled power and serves as a reminder of His ability to accomplish His will. The majesty of God is a central theme throughout Scripture, as seen in passages like Psalm 93:1 and Isaiah 6:1, where God's glory and authority are exalted.

You unleashed Your burning wrath
The concept of God's wrath is often associated with His justice and holiness. In the Exodus narrative, God's wrath was directed against the Egyptians for their oppression of the Israelites and their defiance of His commands. The "burning" aspect of God's wrath emphasizes its intensity and consuming nature. This is consistent with other biblical accounts where God's wrath is depicted as a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 4:24, Hebrews 12:29). It serves as a warning of the consequences of sin and rebellion against God.

it consumed them like stubble
The imagery of stubble being consumed by fire illustrates the complete and swift destruction of the Egyptians. Stubble, being dry and brittle, burns quickly and thoroughly, symbolizing the ease with which God can execute judgment. This metaphor is used elsewhere in Scripture to describe the fate of the wicked (Isaiah 5:24, Malachi 4:1). It underscores the futility of opposing God and the certainty of His judgment against those who resist His will.

Persons / Places / Events
1. God (Yahweh)
The central figure in this verse, demonstrating His power and majesty in overthrowing His enemies.

2. Enemies of God
Those who rise against God and His people, symbolizing opposition to divine will.

3. The Exodus
The broader context of this verse, where God delivers the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, showcasing His power and judgment.

4. The Red Sea
The miraculous event where God parted the sea, allowing the Israelites to escape and subsequently destroying the Egyptian army.

5. Moses and the Israelites
The recipients of God's deliverance, who sing this song of praise in response to His mighty acts.
Teaching Points
God's Sovereignty and Power
Recognize that God is supreme over all creation and His plans cannot be thwarted by human opposition.

Divine Judgment
Understand that God's judgment is righteous and just, consuming those who oppose Him like stubble.

The Majesty of God
Reflect on the greatness of God's majesty, which is evident in His acts of deliverance and judgment.

Trust in God's Deliverance
Trust that God will deliver His people from their enemies, just as He did for the Israelites.

Response of Worship
Respond to God's mighty acts with worship and praise, acknowledging His power and faithfulness.Verse 7. - Thou hast overthrown, etc. Here again the verbs are future. Translate - "thou wilt overthrow," or "thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee; thou (wilt send) sendest forth thy wrath, which consumes them as stubble." The metaphor in the last clause was one known to the Egyptians.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You overthrew
תַּהֲרֹ֣ס (ta·hă·rōs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy

Your adversaries
קָמֶ֑יךָ (qā·me·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

by Your great
וּבְרֹ֥ב (ū·ḇə·rōḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

majesty.
גְּאוֹנְךָ֖ (gə·’ō·wn·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament

You unleashed
תְּשַׁלַּח֙ (tə·šal·laḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

Your burning wrath;
חֲרֹ֣נְךָ֔ (ḥă·rō·nə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2740: A burning of anger

it consumed
יֹאכְלֵ֖מוֹ (yō·ḵə·lê·mōw)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

them like stubble.
כַּקַּֽשׁ׃ (kaq·qaš)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7179: Stubble, chaff


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