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Exodus 15:16

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15:16Fear and dread45 will fall46 on them;

by the greatness47 of your arm they will be as still as stone48

until49 your people pass by, O Lord,

until the people whom you have bought50 pass by.

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Footnotes

  1. 45 The two words can form a nominal hendiadys, “a dreadful fear,” though most English versions retain the two separate terms.
  2. 46 The form is an imperfect.
  3. 47 The adjective is in construct form and governs the noun “arm” (“arm” being the anthropomorphic expression for what God did). See §132.c.
  4. 48 For a study of the words for fear, see N. Waldman, “A Comparative Note on Exodus 15:14–16,” 66 (1976): 189–92.
  5. 49 Clauses beginning with עַד (’ad) express a limit that is not absolute, but only relative, beyond which the action continues ( §138.g).
  6. 50 The verb קָנָה (qanah) here is the verb “acquire, purchase,” and probably not the homonym “to create, make” (see Gen 4:1; Deut 32:6; and Prov 8:22).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Terror and dread fall upon them;

because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone,

till your people, O Lord, pass by,

till the people pass by whom you have purchased.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

terror and dread will fall on them.

By the power of your arm

they will be as still as a stone—

until your people pass by, Lord,

until the people you bought pass by.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

terror and dread will fall on them.

They will be as still as a stone

because of your powerful arm

until your people pass by, Lord,

until the people whom you purchased pass by.

NLTNew Living Translation

terror and dread fall upon them.

The power of your arm

makes them lifeless as stone

until your people pass by, O Lord,

until the people you purchased pass by.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Terror and dread fell on them;

at the greatness of your arm they became silent like the stone,

until your people passed by, Yahweh,

until the people whom you bought passed by.

KJV 1900King James Version

Fear and dread shall fall upon them;

By the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone;

Till thy people pass over, O Lord,

Till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.